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30. It doesn't seem all that mysterious to me

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 10:27 AM

Oct 2013

Feinstein is a senator from California. The tech companies that are a mainstay of California's economy are already taking a serious hit as people in other countries decide that they can no longer trust their data to any firm based in the US. So she's gotten the message loud and clear that she has to do whatever it take to get the NSA off their backs.

There. That's not so complicated -- or so woo-woo -- as you thought. Is it?

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'WE'RE REALLY SCREWED NOW': NSA's Best Friend Just SHIVVED The Spies [View all] Segami Oct 2013 OP

Constituents with huge money and power can determine .. MindMover Oct 2013 #1

What are you saying? nt Hutzpa Oct 2013 #2

Google Russ Tice and Obama nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #3

I do not believe I minced my words ... MindMover Oct 2013 #4

Well I was hoping for clarification from you Hutzpa Oct 2013 #5

I did not say bribe ... nor did I say big money ... MindMover Oct 2013 #7

Quit being obtuse & mysterious, chief. Please explain with relevant information. NBachers Oct 2013 #9

It doesn't seem all that mysterious to me starroute Oct 2013 #30

There always has to be an invisible it seems doesn't it? Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #28

Yep, it definitely was a gender bias decision ... not MindMover Oct 2013 #40

I was not implying that Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #41

She was for it before she was against it RobertEarl Oct 2013 #6

Hey, where are all the spying supporters now? RobertEarl Oct 2013 #8

NSA=old news. The Best and Brightist have been transferred to the TPP desk solarhydrocan Oct 2013 #10

Oh, for heaven's SAAAAAAAAAKe... sibelian Oct 2013 #11

My theory as to why Obama was not told earlier about the surveillance of people like JDPriestly Oct 2013 #12

Except a few things Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #13

Exactly, Ichingcarpenter. Th1onein Oct 2013 #14

One of leaders the NSA must of spied on Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #16

The President's daily briefing includes what the security establishment thinks he should know about FarCenter Oct 2013 #20

Inexcusable pandering for the NSA viewpoint. Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #21

Just explaining how things actually work. FarCenter Oct 2013 #23

^^^^This^^^^ Autumn Oct 2013 #32

Thats easy. Follow the money. Carlyle group effectively owns NSA. Katashi_itto Oct 2013 #33

The NSA is lying to the intelligence committees rusty fender Oct 2013 #15

WAIT! WHUT!!! THEY WERE TAPPING *MY* PHONE!!!!!! HOW FUCKING DARE THEY!!!!1!!1111! Fumesucker Oct 2013 #17

Either that, or this is an attempt at damage control hootinholler Oct 2013 #27

I plead guilty to the charge of insufficient cynicism with regeards to DiFi Fumesucker Oct 2013 #29

me reading this OP: "Please don't be satire, please don't be satire, please don't be satire..." eShirl Oct 2013 #18

Maybe she found out that she or someone with great influence over her tblue37 Oct 2013 #19

Edward Snowden, hero. Thank You , Edward... Agony Oct 2013 #22

Well golly gee willikers... 99Forever Oct 2013 #24

+1 TheKentuckian Oct 2013 #25

When it comes to DiFi, dgibby Oct 2013 #26

K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2013 #31

So is there any apology from the folks who slagged Feinstein nonstop? Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #34

Will she send a thank-you letter to Snowden for letting her know what she's supposed to know? Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2013 #35

She very cleverly inoculated her committee from harm, at least on a surface level. MADem Oct 2013 #36

Was Netanyahu on the list of 35 world leaders? FarCenter Oct 2013 #37

Perhaps it was revealed to her that both She and her Husband KoKo Oct 2013 #38

I think what happened is that they funneled J. Edgar Hoover's brainwaves into the NSA computers. Baitball Blogger Oct 2013 #39