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In reply to the discussion: NSA Spying Not Very Focused on Terrorism: Power, Money and Crushing Dissent Are Real Motives Ops [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)9. What if they used it to, eh, filter out those who opposed their wars for profit?
Like John J. Kokal, Gus Weiss, Paul Sanford?
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NSA Spying Not Very Focused on Terrorism: Power, Money and Crushing Dissent Are Real Motives Ops [View all]
Octafish
Oct 2013
OP
Agreed. Dirt on a key politician is worth money, potentially a lot of money.
GoneFishin
Oct 2013
#50
I'm trying to figure out why they wiretapped Howard Baker; he was a moderate Republican?
Uncle Joe
Oct 2013
#43
What if they used it to, eh, filter out those who opposed their wars for profit?
Octafish
Oct 2013
#9
We either strip corporations of their power, or they will soon finish the job of stripping us
Zorra
Oct 2013
#55