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reddread

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4. easy, and been done many times

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Sun Feb 9, 2014, 04:55 PM

Feb 2014

kids have broken into government systems, received visits and gained notoriety for their antics.
When people wonder what could happen to influence and hobble action by their elected officials,
they dont need to go much further than what is being alleged here, and they can count on this being
the future of government oversight by people who were not elected, and most on this site would probably
prefer that these particular individuals didnt hold the reins. But they will, if they dont already.

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Snowden Used Cheap, Readily Available 'Web Crawler' Software to Collect NSA Files [View all] KoKo Feb 2014 OP

k and r..thanks. xiamiam Feb 2014 #1

Linkbait The The Feb 2014 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author LAGC Feb 2014 #3

What do you mean, "linkbait"? Welcome to Du. uppityperson Feb 2014 #5

easy, and been done many times reddread Feb 2014 #4

It certainly squelches the "whistle-blower" defense, if Snowden was automatically struggle4progress Feb 2014 #6

Are you saying that before this article, you considered him a whistleblower? The The Feb 2014 #7

I suppose that I should be flattered that you, barely two hours after registering here, struggle4progress Feb 2014 #8

interesting! It certainly squelches the "whistle-blower" defense, if Snowden was automatically Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #9

Snowden Used Cheap, Readily Available 'Web Crawler' Software to Collect NSA Files Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #10