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12. Some of us would say that Snowden showed the abuse and that the courts agree that

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 02:24 PM

Jun 2015

the mass collection of data is illegal. It should be hard to say that what Snowden did himself was not abuse of the system.

As for other examples of abuse there are examples out there you could do a search for them. Below is just one article to get you started.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/23/bloomberg_report_nsa_employees_have_deliberately_abused_their_power.html
There are many more examples of abuse.

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The NSA is temporarily restarting bulk collection of call records [View all] n2doc Jun 2015 OP

too big to be regulated grasswire Jun 2015 #1

While all of your post was funny, the last part was especially hillarious. A Simple Game Jun 2015 #10

Every large organization has examples of abuse. randome Jun 2015 #14

I thought the word "restarting" was just as funny as "temporarily" hughee99 Jun 2015 #4

"No one expected the Spanish Inquisition" dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #5

DUzy alert /nt dickthegrouch Jun 2015 #15

Next: The CIA is temporarily restarting torture..er...enhanced interrogation. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2015 #6

Does anyone really believe they "stopped," anyway? malthaussen Jun 2015 #7

My insider sources put up this food for thought. Ichingcarpenter Jun 2015 #13

Obama left all the Bush implants in place. lark Jun 2015 #9

I'm so disappointed that the constitutional scholar isn't dickthegrouch Jun 2015 #16