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Pholus

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33. So it's as empty as your assurances that it's all peachy.
Wed Sep 3, 2014, 10:28 PM
Sep 2014

Last edited Wed Sep 3, 2014, 11:13 PM - Edit history (5)

I've read the 2008 law. Even without creative redefinitions of common words that the NSA is FAMOUS for, you could drive a battleship through the holes.

And now just today, eff is talking about the NSA sharing ICREACH domestically.

You're really telling me this is about foreign intelligence? Bullshit. It's EXACTLY what PNAC said they wanted to do.

Thanks so much for your support of that clusterfuck.

Beltway bandits are expensive. This program is expensive. Now I see bridges crumbling, social programs losing ground and our lead in sciences diminishing fast.

But at least thanks to your darling of a program we can identify nekkid people in webcams with nearly 70% certainty.

All while Putin seems to have managed to outplay our foreign policy teams several times because they had inadequate intelligence.

But did I mention the nekkid people? We know who they are ALMOST 70% of the time!

Simply an awesome mistargeting of our resources. Or, to put it in a way that you like so much: Waste, fraud and abuse. Unless you really going to seriously assert the US would have been at the terra-ists' mercy without those whooshing starship doors in General Alexander's "command center!"

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The cognitive dissonance is strong with those ones. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #1
+1 ismnotwasm Sep 2014 #2
Now This Would Be Epic daredtowork Sep 2014 #3
I think I found one. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #4
ROFL daredtowork Sep 2014 #5
Reddit has been censoring threads where people post the pictures. They were released by 4chan/b/ Electric Monk Sep 2014 #8
Well, women's concerns don't trump freedom, so not a privacy issue. kcr Sep 2014 #6
epic kick Blue_Tires Sep 2014 #7
Typical bully-boy cowards meow2u3 Sep 2014 #9
reddit is a very large website AngryAmish Sep 2014 #10
Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #11
Come on. Why did you feel the need to "look", much less editorialize about JLaw? catbyte Sep 2014 #16
Congratulations. cui bono Sep 2014 #20
Information wants to be free. Laelth Sep 2014 #12
Yes it does and yes, we do. antiquie Sep 2014 #18
So, the whole bit about privacy is basically bullshit kcr Sep 2014 #34
One or more people will probably go to prison for this recent leak. Laelth Sep 2014 #36
I'm sorry I misunderstood. kcr Sep 2014 #37
The tension between "free" and "expensive" will always be with us. Laelth Sep 2014 #38
I agree kcr Sep 2014 #39
Then please post your address and SSN below Recursion Sep 2014 #35
There is so much spin and government propaganda in that article, it is disgusting. 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #13
The problem is that the cloud isn't private and never will be. tinrobot Sep 2014 #14
Hey, I'm exactly the opposite! ConservativeDemocrat Sep 2014 #15
War is peace... 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #17
The problem with the NSA is more about them spying on ordinary citizens. cui bono Sep 2014 #19
I supported the 2008 reformation of the NSA ConservativeDemocrat Sep 2014 #22
On needing "intelligence programs" we agree. Pholus Sep 2014 #27
I have a different viewpoint as to why this is a "scandal" ConservativeDemocrat Sep 2014 #30
Sounds like your comedian is an idiot, frankly. Pholus Sep 2014 #31
The phrase "waste, fraud, and abuse" ConservativeDemocrat Sep 2014 #32
So it's as empty as your assurances that it's all peachy. Pholus Sep 2014 #33
The hacker said today that he or she is disappointed by the amount of money received for the images. jakeXT Sep 2014 #21
Why would the "media" pay for images they cannot legally show? ManiacJoe Sep 2014 #23
I think he is talking about user donations /nt jakeXT Sep 2014 #24
Ohhhhhh SCHNAPPPP!!!! Number23 Sep 2014 #25
Just the title won me over! freshwest Sep 2014 #29
Heck, the NSA RECRUITS from 4chan! Pholus Sep 2014 #26
Well said! n/t marym625 Sep 2014 #28
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