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6. if I recall correctly, Bush started this before 9/11

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 02:42 AM

Feb 2014

It was supposed to have been scaled back under Obama, but it wasn't. It got much more pervasive.

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The Truth Is Out There. blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #1

I'll bet Congress doesn't like House of Cards either. nt valerief Feb 2014 #2

Please, General Hayden, don't look us in the eye anymore. Th1onein Feb 2014 #3

I'm guessing that before 9/11, the scope and scale of the NSA's mission was AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #4

if I recall correctly, Bush started this before 9/11 Th1onein Feb 2014 #6

QWest CEO Joseph Nacchio certainly claimed it did. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #9

I think you need to look more closely at Joseph Nacchio's case. Th1onein Feb 2014 #10

I have. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #13

In the end, the victors write the history. Th1onein Feb 2014 #15

You would be completely wrong in that guess. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #7

Well, domestic surveilance has existed in telecom form since at least WWII. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #8

If that's the extent of your knowledge of the pre-9/11 surveillance state, Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #11

Disagree. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #16

what about "The Siege"? or "Blow"?! MisterP Feb 2014 #5

SNEAKERS -1992 Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 #14