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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald Claims Private Contractors Can Spy On Calls, Emails: ‘I Defy NSA Officials To Deny’ These [View all]PSPS
(15,324 posts)4. In other words, just another #5
Worshiper/Apologist Hit Parade
1. This is nothing new
2. I have nothing to hide
3. What are you, a freeper?
4. But Obama is better than Christie/Romney/Bush/Hitler
5. Greenwald/Flaherty/Gillum/Apuzzo/Braun is a hack
6. We have red light cameras, so this is no big deal
7. Corporations have my data anyway
8. At least Obama is trying
9. This is just the media trying to take Obama down
10. It's a misunderstanding/you are confused
11. You're a racist
12. Nobody cares about this anyway / "unfounded fears"
13. I don't like Snowden, therefore we must disregard all of this
14. Other countries do it
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Greenwald Claims Private Contractors Can Spy On Calls, Emails: ‘I Defy NSA Officials To Deny’ These [View all]
frontier00
Jul 2013
OP
Thanks for your "opinion" but more than a few leaks do really contradict it.
Civilization2
Jul 2013
#5
The official "only meta data" line has been regurgitated so much and so often that when I read it
GoneFishin
Jul 2013
#6
So, basically, the problem is that he didn't offer any proof early enough for you? nt
bemildred
Jul 2013
#23
So, when the next major government scandal happens, the whistle blowers should see you first about
RC
Jul 2013
#55
Only now is he exposing, with proof, the misuse of the programs. So in a way, yeah.
Blue State Bandit
Jul 2013
#30
He should have dumped info detailing the missuse by private entities...
Blue State Bandit
Jul 2013
#32
"We" as in "The People". Are you going to break this down to spelling and punctuation now? Font size
Blue State Bandit
Jul 2013
#42
Not sure this is the same thing...but I worked for a company that stored all calls within a certain
Gin
Jul 2013
#27
GG has been saying this since before Snowden ever hit the papers. GG saying it doesn't make it true.
struggle4progress
Jul 2013
#41
And, you know this information how? Trust? That sh*t don't fly anymore.
NoodleyAppendage
Jul 2013
#52
It's not the government doing this directly, but employees of defense contractors.
Zen Democrat
Jul 2013
#54