I actually nailed that spin months ago, but I may as well have been talking in tongues. (Reply #32)

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Tue Mar 18, 2014, 05:08 PM

djean111 (14,255 posts)

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

Or the spin switched to well, they can't store it. Pretty sad and funny, really.
And all because of who happens to be president while the NSA is having its way with us.

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35 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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