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In reply to the discussion: Lawrence O'Donnell: Edward Snowden's Christmas Message Was 'Wildly Overblown,' 'Provably Untrue' [View all]Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)182. What a childish post.
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Lawrence O'Donnell: Edward Snowden's Christmas Message Was 'Wildly Overblown,' 'Provably Untrue' [View all]
ProSense
Dec 2013
OP
So those dozens upon dozens of anti-Greenwald and anti-Snowden posts were all just saying
SomethingFishy
Dec 2013
#12
Yes you did. You just claimed that all along you have been saying that Snowden
SomethingFishy
Dec 2013
#16
Actually Bush said in a news conference in 2005 phone call records was being collected.
Thinkingabout
Dec 2013
#29
We have been told that "all nations do this surveillance thing." That's what they were
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#41
Snowden is not known for intelligent decisions and therefore we do not know who will and has this
Thinkingabout
Dec 2013
#49
The information you provide can be used by rogue employees such as Snowden who has
Thinkingabout
Dec 2013
#134
Supporting protections for Whistle Blowers, restrictions on Government Secrecy and Surveillance,
bvar22
Dec 2013
#179
Yes it was. And s/he knows that as does that jury that let it slide. Attacks on Prosense often
Number23
Dec 2013
#209
And I think you should learn to spell before correcting others, comrade.
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2013
#43
Privacy, as a political concept, is not merely the idea that you keep your thoughts to yourself.
Luminous Animal
Dec 2013
#28
If you are so worried about your privacy then you should be very concerned about the files
Thinkingabout
Dec 2013
#33
Hahaha! Snowden hasn't the power to use the information he has against me.
Luminous Animal
Dec 2013
#73
There has been a legal method for a very long time, read the Fourth amendment Again.
Thinkingabout
Dec 2013
#192
Ok, if you are looking for a cigar, what authorization did Snowden use to get clearance on copying
Thinkingabout
Dec 2013
#197
Snowden claims to have more information in files, I don't have proof if he does or does not have
Thinkingabout
Dec 2013
#207
Snowden claimed he had proof, he must have phone call records or is he lying again.
Thinkingabout
Dec 2013
#210
You are talking about a whole different ball game. Just because a data base available on the
Thinkingabout
Dec 2013
#51
It is private if the government is restricted from compiling it all into a massive data base.
Luminous Animal
Dec 2013
#72
I correspond with my healthcare providers online. That is nobody's business, not even the NSA's.
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#99
We don't have to just go along with things that are now considered to be legal.
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#126
Actually, when you think about all the research being done on the brain these days,
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#42
Anyone who criticizes Greenwald and Snowden and defends Obama is deemed a shill
davidpdx
Dec 2013
#76
The reason I post my thoughts so freely is that I am way beyond the retirement age.
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#103
Yes. Because the U.S. is so super cool that it can violate the privacy rights of citizens
Luminous Animal
Dec 2013
#30
Doesn't that make you wonder why the NSA wants to collect that information?
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#105
Why on earth anybody listens to that corporate concubine is a mystery.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#31
Whose opinion of the scope and intrusiveness of the NSA programs am I supposed to
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#39
Much worse than wishful thinking. He is the voice of the Democratic elite.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#65
Ever hear of the NSA? They're illegally and unconstitutionally spying on us, LOL
Corruption Inc
Dec 2013
#53
You accuse Snowden of dishonesty without any examples. Let's talk about liars.
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2013
#59
Bottom line is that Snowden has openly and publicly admitted that he committed crimes
Tx4obama
Dec 2013
#62
I think that Snowden knows much more about what is going on at the NSA and what the future
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#113
Obama is President. He is a Democrat Snowden leaked the document while Obama was in office
Penicilino
Dec 2013
#171
No. But, those portraying Snowden as a Traitor, Narcissist, spy, etc are even more hyperbolic.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2013
#191
See whisltle blower and Daniel Ellberg's opinions of Snowdens actions.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2013
#200
It's still a different path. Snowden is unwilling to face the consequences. n/t
ProSense
Dec 2013
#201
Of course not. The NSA and president are unlikely to be threatened with trials.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2013
#205