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djean111

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28. I hope all the people who tried to spin the crap that the NSA does not have time to listen to calls

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 04:35 PM

Mar 2014

now understand that of course they do not have to - there is software that even little old me can buy for 4.95 a month that will sift through recorded calls for key words. Imagine what the NSA has.....

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Report: NSA Can Swallow a "Nation’s Telephone Network Whole" [View all] xchrom Mar 2014 OP

This isn't a after thought to that other thread is it? William769 Mar 2014 #1

it wasn't til you mentioned it xchrom Mar 2014 #22

Yeah but it's just metadata so it's no big deal. Autumn Mar 2014 #2

You know how they were convinced that messages were being sent back and forth through gaming Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #3

Swallow a "Nation’s Telephone Network Whole" snooper2 Mar 2014 #4

Well if the to (sic) geographical locations are identical then there no need for the phone hootinholler Mar 2014 #7

Swallowing a 'Telephone Network Whole' might lead to severe indigestion. lumpy Mar 2014 #30

Bart Gellman is a commie putinista poopiehead Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #5

Why is Gandalf playing an electric guitar? Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #9

The NSA needs to spend more on illustrators. Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #11

I know, right? Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #23

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2014 #6

Okay, it's scary but sort of sexy at the same time. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #8

I'm just glad I'm not the only one. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #25

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, "We are all in the gutter..." Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #27

Link to the WaPo article Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #10

The NSA can gather all the data it wants but it has to be able to pick out the important info .... spin Mar 2014 #12

either way it's a win for them Locrian Mar 2014 #18

If you are right and I suspect you are ... spin Mar 2014 #31

conspiratorial, are we? erronis Mar 2014 #33

I think you pretty much nailed it Locrian Mar 2014 #34

Sorry Amigo Savannahmann Mar 2014 #13

Please notice that this is UNCLASSIFIED. MineralMan Mar 2014 #14

Duh. Kind of hard to miss that. Autumn Mar 2014 #17

Yes, it is, isn't it. MineralMan Mar 2014 #19

No evidence. Autumn Mar 2014 #20

OK. MineralMan Mar 2014 #21

Then this Guardian article confuses me. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #26

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #15

I'm going to prank call people in Iran and Syria just to confuse the NSA. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #16

Yottabite Octafish Mar 2014 #24

I hope all the people who tried to spin the crap that the NSA does not have time to listen to calls djean111 Mar 2014 #28

That pretty much nails the spin. Pholus Mar 2014 #29

I actually nailed that spin months ago, but I may as well have been talking in tongues. djean111 Mar 2014 #32

I was hoping for an administration of good listeners, but this is becoming ridiculous... adirondacker Mar 2014 #35