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49. I agree as well, the only evidence we have seen

Mon Jun 10, 2013, 09:39 PM

Jun 2013

of stopping terrorist's, were sting operations where the suspects were set up, or so ill conceived that they were bound to fail.

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Most Americans back NSA tracking phone records, prioritize probes over privacy [View all] IDemo Jun 2013 OP

Obedient sheep MotherPetrie Jun 2013 #1

Did you miss the words "court order"? KittyWampus Jun 2013 #23

Nope. MotherPetrie Jun 2013 #26

no great surprise. creon Jun 2013 #2

Are we really safer? I don't think we are. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2013 #4

Well, we have been doing this kind of thing since the Bush era thefool_wa Jun 2013 #8

So it doesn't work unless it's 100% effective? Not agreeing with totality of surveillance happening KittyWampus Jun 2013 #25

I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts thefool_wa Jun 2013 #35

I don't think so, either. Too much "information" being gathered to adequately analyze... deurbano Jun 2013 #10

questionable creon Jun 2013 #59

that's why we're supposed to have better representation in congress and the senate.... mike_c Jun 2013 #3

Why are you a Democrat? Shivering Jemmy Jun 2013 #13

I'm not.... mike_c Jun 2013 #14

Are you a leftist of any sort? Shivering Jemmy Jun 2013 #15

of course.... mike_c Jun 2013 #17

Fair enough. Shivering Jemmy Jun 2013 #18

You might not like your neighbor christx30 Jun 2013 #42

Conservatives go with heart strings and church giving DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #47

It works the other way--if voters don't care, politicians certainly won't nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #21

I respectfully disagree, although I also understand where you'd get that impression.... mike_c Jun 2013 #30

Well, if the voters aren't going to care abou that, the MIC and other tools of the powerful and geek tragedy Jun 2013 #32

So this is how 1984 happens. originalpckelly Jun 2013 #5

yes, indeed. n/t KarenS Jun 2013 #40

*****BREAKING***** Fuddnik Jun 2013 #6

If this is you... thefool_wa Jun 2013 #7

Biased poll. False Premise Ash_F Jun 2013 #9

precisely Kelvin Mace Jun 2013 #27

Indeed, if they had phrased the question accurately, it would have been a landslide against PRISM. Ash_F Jun 2013 #34

Maybe the Washington Post.... LovingA2andMI Jun 2013 #11

Easy to get these results with our state/corporate media propagandizing all the time. PSPS Jun 2013 #12

Not surprising... most people would rather have terrorists stopped.. DCBob Jun 2013 #16

I have seen little evidence Kelvin Mace Jun 2013 #22

You wouldnt since its not really wise for the agencies to reveal details.. DCBob Jun 2013 #24

How convenient Kelvin Mace Jun 2013 #29

How predictible. DCBob Jun 2013 #31

How many times must a man lie to your before you stop believing him? Kelvin Mace Jun 2013 #36

Most that is Bush, Reagan and Nixon era stuff. DCBob Jun 2013 #38

Most, but not all Kelvin Mace Jun 2013 #61

The sucessful lies ...we never know about. I am sure there are many more. L0oniX Jun 2013 #45

What evidence? neverforget Jun 2013 #53

I agree as well, the only evidence we have seen WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2013 #49

Exactly! Kelvin Mace Jun 2013 #62

At various times, the "majority" of Americans Kelvin Mace Jun 2013 #19

Propaganda push back Android3.14 Jun 2013 #20

+1 blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #39

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Hope and Change....Its...ITS A COOKBOOK!!!! markiv Jun 2013 #28

1975 '3 Days of the Condor final scene, sums up the media markiv Jun 2013 #33

Most excellent! NoodleyAppendage Jun 2013 #57

did you notice that Snowden went to the Guardian, not the New York Times? markiv Jun 2013 #58

Erosion of liberty will never stop. Drip, drip, drip. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #37

All depends on who's running the executive branch. Laelth Jun 2013 #41

I smell bullshit. L0oniX Jun 2013 #43

Not sheep...we just want to be safe. SoapBox Jun 2013 #44

I wonder if you would feel the same with Romney at the helm? NoodleyAppendage Jun 2013 #46

Gawd, can you imagine? rightsideout Jun 2013 #52

Our rights are not something that a majority of persons WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2013 #48

Bahhhhhh Bahhhhhhh rightsideout Jun 2013 #51

as I said elsewhere- What would FDR do? nt graham4anything Jun 2013 #54

Guess what? They're MY RIGHTS... Malik Agar Jun 2013 #55

I don't give "most Americans" the authority to take my 4th amendment rights away from me. dkf Jun 2013 #56

The key paragraph from the article: JoeyT Jun 2013 #60