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OnyxCollie

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2. It's savin' lives!

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 08:36 PM

Dec 2013

And it started because of 9/11, understand? 9/11 happened, and then we started spy, er, surveilling phone calls for your protection. Because terra.

But the important thing is: 9/11 happened, then the spying started. Get it? AFTER 9/11. AFTER 9/11.

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Obama can�t point to a single time the NSA call records program prevented a terrorist attack [View all] n2doc Dec 2013 OP

Can you think of a simple reason Obama did not answer this question? It is has to do Thinkingabout Dec 2013 #1

They were certain that Saddam Hussein had WMDs... Blanks Dec 2013 #3

You sure don't out the agents which is collecting infornation though Valerie Plame was. Thinkingabout Dec 2013 #6

Congrats on winning 1st and 2nd place Dumb Posts of the Day brentspeak Dec 2013 #9

Grow up, learn and then speak. Thinkingabout Dec 2013 #12

It's savin' lives! OnyxCollie Dec 2013 #2

Spying has been happening for centuries and will continue. Thinkingabout Dec 2013 #7

it prevents terrorism! and elephant stampedes as well! unblock Dec 2013 #4

If I'm not mistaken customerserviceguy Dec 2013 #5

I remember when Biden ridiculed the Republicans for harping on about terrorism. BlueCheese Dec 2013 #8

NSA spying is no solution to having a Bush the Moron in charge. Coyotl Dec 2013 #10

^ Wilms Dec 2013 #11

But, he can, and does, rely on the fear of "terrorists" to dupe the public into supporting it. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #13

So, maybe they haven't been planned treestar Dec 2013 #14