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In reply to the discussion: Report: NSA Can Swallow a "Nation’s Telephone Network Whole" [View all]erronis
(14,178 posts)33. conspiratorial, are we?
Yes - I am. Having worked with the parasites gathered around the corpse of this democratic experiment (sorry, I meant the Beltway Bandits), I think the dark force that gathers this together is nothing more than common human greed.
Every Booz-Allen, SAIC, Unisys-style player wants this travesty to go on as long as possible.
You only have to look at the McMansions perched above the Potomac to realize that these aren't being built based on normal government salaries. They are the excretions of the bloodsuckers of the public wealth. Lobbyists, revolving-door bureaucrats now ensconced as officers of the corporate pirates, political scum who couldn't stay in office for vice, opportunists and evangelists.
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You know how they were convinced that messages were being sent back and forth through gaming
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2014
#3
Well if the to (sic) geographical locations are identical then there no need for the phone
hootinholler
Mar 2014
#7
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
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
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
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