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RobertEarl

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22. Are you in favor of that?

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #21)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 03:53 AM

Feb 2015

That being the Cia increasing their scope?

As for Snowden and his release of info on foreign spying: It was nothing new. They knew the US was doing such things. But most of the US citizens were not aware we were being spied on, and Germany, too.

So are you in favor of citizens being spied on here in the US?

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Another Big Award for Snowden Documentary! Citizen 4 Wins British Academy Awards Also! [View all] sabrina 1 Feb 2015 OP

Outstanding. bigwillq Feb 2015 #1

kick. Thanks for posting sabrina. +1 eom Purveyor Feb 2015 #2

I believe he will be this generation's Daniel Elsberg who fully supports him btw! sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #3

Yes, and who understands why Snowden fled as he said he would do the same in this day and age. cui bono Feb 2015 #5

That was the best decision Snowden made. He saw how Manning and Drake and Binney and all the other sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #7

Good. 840high Feb 2015 #4

Woot! 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #6

People are starving for the truth. vanlassie Feb 2015 #12

I am proud to be on the side of truth and liberty. grasswire Feb 2015 #8

And on the right side of history! I want future generations to know that not all Americans were sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #13

K & R n/t xocet Feb 2015 #9

Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Feb 2015 #10

Snowden exposed massive coordinated lovemydog Feb 2015 #11

Good post. Laura Poitras seems to have been the perfect person to tell this story. sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #18

Yes, the people's right to know outweighs the government's case lovemydog Feb 2015 #27

Excellent doc, by the way. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #14

I was hoping to see it tonight on HBO but we had canceled it a while ago and couldn't get it back in sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #16

You are probably gonna want to buy the dvd when it comes out dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #24

K & big R for this! nt elias49 Feb 2015 #15

Kick and R. BeanMusical Feb 2015 #17

Fine, bravo, whatever.... Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #19

It isn't about Snowden RobertEarl Feb 2015 #20

"whistleblowers" don't expose legitimate ops against China and other targeted countries Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #21

Are you in favor of that? RobertEarl Feb 2015 #22

But releasing info on foreign operations isn't "whistleblowing" by any stretch Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #26

I did not see that. Thanks I will kick it, you are right, it is important news. Why is Brennen sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #25

Thank you again, Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras! Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #23