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4. Huge K&R. You're damned right it's corruption.
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 02:57 PM
Oct 2014

That's appalling, even if not surprising from these vultures. It stinks to high heaven.

And it's just *one* currently visible protuberance of the hideous, antidemocratic, corporate-bloodsucking-money-thieving-authoritarian iceberg of corruption that is the NSA.

Why do plutocrats put a sweeping, Constitution-assaulting, spying infrastructure into place? To create total information awareness, power and control; to spy on competitors and politicians; to facilitate their corporate predatory agenda; to prevent investigation of their abuses by a free press; and to crush dissent by protesters and the citizens they are systematically exploiting, stripping of their rights, and impoverishing.


What is the NSA really for?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024215519

NSA Spying Not Very Focused on Terrorism: Power, Money and Crushing Dissent Are Real Motives
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023923016

The U.S. Government’s Secret Plans to Spy for American Corporations- by Glenn Greenwald
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025494273

Corporate Espionage and the Secret War Against Citizen Activism
http://www.democraticunderground.com/111643982

Snowden: NSA conducts industrial espionage too - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/snowden-nsa-conducts-industrial-espionage-too/

Keiser Report: CIA, NSA & Economic Espionage (E498) (second half with Greg Palast)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017146372

Spooky Business: Corporate Espionage Against Non-profits
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024106205

NSA data could be most useful for connected types on Wall Street.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022983519

NSA SPYING - Another Side Of The Story-- Data Privatized For CORPORATE USE
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023164662

The NSA’s Corporate Collaborators
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/05/09/the-nsas-corporate-collaborators/

NSA and Corporate Cooperation Revealed
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-van-buren/nsa-and-corporate-coopera_b_4516581.html

AT&T Tells Shareholders to Mind Their Own Business on NSA
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024154316

NSA spied on EU's Anti Trust Chief
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024204596

2011: Wall Street firms spy on protesters *with* police in tax-funded center
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023286585

OUTRAGEOUS: Our Tax Money Funds Gov Surveillance Center In Lower Manhattan--& Wall St Is Part Of It!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2178769

Report Details How Counter Terrorism Apparatus Was Used to Monitor Occupy Movement Nationwide
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527647

The NSA's Cyber-King Goes Corporate
Here's why Keith Alexander thinks he's worth a million dollars a month.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/07/29/the_crypto_king_of_the_NSA_goes_corporate_keith_alexander_patents

Raiding the "Corporate Store": The NSA's Unfettered Access to a Vast Pool of Americans' Phone Data
http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/10023397695

"Clear evidence of collusion between TransCanada and the federal government assisting local police to unlawfully monitor and harass political protestors”
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023049508


Just the tip of the iceberg...Yeah, I'd get rid of the question mark in the OP title, too.

Huge K&R. To the Greatest Page.











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Title of OP wrong. Half-Century Man Oct 2014 #1
What more could we expect from those, who make their livings, iemitsu Oct 2014 #2
That seems to be lost on many apologists. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #17
Yep, it does. iemitsu Oct 2014 #22
I had a neighbor who did just that Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #28
Good for her. iemitsu Oct 2014 #32
It's not about Countries anymore. It's about Companies NightWatcher Oct 2014 #3
Yes, Corporations are the new 'countries'. And naturally those Corporations are not happy sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #7
I call it "Neo-Feudalism," as the power of companies today resembles that of the KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #23
Huge K&R. You're damned right it's corruption. woo me with science Oct 2014 #4
Recommend your Post...Links.. KoKo Oct 2014 #8
+1000!!! If I had any doubt before 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #9
Wow! I'm bookmarking your post for future reference. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #11
Who watches the watchers? ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2014 #5
That sentiment precedes Stalin by around 1800 years stevenleser Oct 2014 #31
In other news, water is wet. Sorry not trying to say this is not important info. It is a great post. greatlaurel Oct 2014 #6
To remedy we need people to be aware and not fall into KoKo Oct 2014 #10
I am trying to think of ways to explain to DUers that events like the American Revolution JDPriestly Oct 2014 #13
You are spot on. The people (not all but a good percentage) in charge will use the info to further greatlaurel Oct 2014 #14
PLUS ONE, a whole bunch! Enthusiast Oct 2014 #18
Amen. woo me with science Oct 2014 #19
Great post. woo me with science Oct 2014 #16
I'll haver to reread Guns of August. Tuchmann is a great writer. One of my favorites. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #12
Corruption is not a major theme, but it is there insidiously wreaking havoc. greatlaurel Oct 2014 #15
Not surprised. Look at BFEE nt riderinthestorm Oct 2014 #20
kick woo me with science Oct 2014 #21
Color me surprised. NOT. RobertEarl Oct 2014 #24
Thanks for this. elias49 Oct 2014 #25
I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked. (Little shout out to fans of KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #26
People seem to forget that what they see is about 10% SomethingFishy Oct 2014 #27
CORRUPTION woo me with science Oct 2014 #29
A lot of those folks were working hard under enormous pressure and are real patriots." Obama Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2014 #30
The corruption in these high security agencies is legion. That's why the President is not really in kelliekat44 Oct 2014 #33
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