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Lugal Zaggesi

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21. No! Never. Didn't happen. Nope. Sorry, no. Negative. By no means. Absolutely not.

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Tue Aug 13, 2013, 12:19 PM

Aug 2013

Oh, you mean THAT Noam Chomsky ?
Yeah, we spied on him.

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Exclusive: After Multiple Denials, CIA Admits to Snooping on Noam Chomsky [View all] WilliamPitt Aug 2013 OP

Not surprised one bit at all. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #1

I wonder how many of his Phone calls of his the CIA has warrant46 Aug 2013 #75

I am sure Norm is honored. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #78

Will as an author of a great anti war book, I do believe you are in good company. Autumn Aug 2013 #2

Probably Howard Zinn too. Add Jeremy Scahill and Amy Goodman or anyone who wants the truth. n/t L0oniX Aug 2013 #3

Or Michael Hastings BlueManFan Aug 2013 #6

Sir, that file never existed. MarkLaw Aug 2013 #7

Mea culpa, you're right...Nothing to see here. I'll just march of the cliff with the other lemmings BlueManFan Aug 2013 #8

officially, that is MNBrewer Aug 2013 #9

Probably during the Nixon era. No big surprise. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #4

Probably until today. And tomorrow too. Fuddnik Aug 2013 #5

Yeah 'cause all that shit stopped after Nixon. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #46

* ronnie624 Aug 2013 #52

and? heaven05 Aug 2013 #10

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #11

After multiple denials the CIA/NSA/DEA/Etc. again admits that lying is what they do, pretty much. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #12

Chomsky is an American, born and raised. WTF is the CIA maintaining anything on him for? AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #13

They will (apparently) go after anyone warrant46 Aug 2013 #76

Read Necessary Illusions by Chomsky. It'll blow your mind. Ian_rd Aug 2013 #14

Just ordered it :) arcane1 Aug 2013 #30

Nice! Ian_rd Aug 2013 #62

Excellent book. ronnie624 Aug 2013 #64

Of course they have. RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #15

Well said! mountain grammy Aug 2013 #50

So who are the liars here now? nt bemildred Aug 2013 #16

Chomsky's file "scrubbed"? No way. Mysterysouppe Aug 2013 #17

Bush probably has a copy in a vault on his 100,000 acre estate in Paraguay. nt bananas Aug 2013 #18

That is disgusting libodem Aug 2013 #19

Surprise, surprise DissidentVoice Aug 2013 #20

No! Never. Didn't happen. Nope. Sorry, no. Negative. By no means. Absolutely not. Lugal Zaggesi Aug 2013 #21

Thats their job,,, their duty! nt Cryptoad Aug 2013 #22

And what will be revealed 40 years from now, about the spying activities of today? limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #23

Something like this... Major Nikon Aug 2013 #26

LOL limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #27

This why I don't get DUers supporting this Ash_F Aug 2013 #24

Ireland sweetapogee Aug 2013 #38

Yeah but a lot of the pubs have turned into hipster yuppie bars. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #47

Are you demanding I give Republicans more respect? /nt Ash_F Aug 2013 #51

No, I think he's just laughing at you. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #54

The empowerment of Republicans is no laughing matter. /nt Ash_F Aug 2013 #55

Note that you are now calling them "Republicans." See, they got to you. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #57

Who's 'them'? Ash_F Aug 2013 #58

I think calling Reggie Walton a Republican is a mistake. Ask Scooter Libby. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #59

Appointments by Reagan, Bush and John Roberts Ash_F Aug 2013 #60

Reggie Walton was a public defender here in Philly. While it is facile to call the man msanthrope Aug 2013 #61

Your approval of Reagan/Bush/Robert's judgement is noted. /nt Ash_F Aug 2013 #66

In the appointment of Reggie Walton, yes. David Souter and Sotomayor* were msanthrope Aug 2013 #67

Sometimes... Ash_F Aug 2013 #69

The story concerns CIA surveillance in the 70s, and the subsequent destruction msanthrope Aug 2013 #71

We wouldn't know if he or other progressives/moderates are being watched right now, would we? Ash_F Aug 2013 #72

Well, we can understand this. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #25

This is exactly why you can't believe the NSA when LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #28

The TRUTH is simple. bvar22 Aug 2013 #35

And everybody who Chomsky ever talked to. Octafish Aug 2013 #29

And everyone who ever bought anything Chomsky ever wrote. n/t dgibby Aug 2013 #31

Oh yes, forever and a day throughout the eugenic caste of the SuperHumanCrew! k&r n/t bobthedrummer Aug 2013 #32

It's ok. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #33

The TRUTH is... bvar22 Aug 2013 #34

"there will be HELL to pay" - yep ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Aug 2013 #36

The enemy is anyone who would challenge the status, quo, the establishment, the TPTB, big indepat Aug 2013 #37

+ 1000 cantbeserious Aug 2013 #45

K&R idwiyo Aug 2013 #39

They only "admitted it" because they were caught in a lie. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #40

I hope Obama didn't know about this until now. Pterodactyl Aug 2013 #41

It's obvious Obama used the Presidential Time Machine to 1) spy on msanthrope Aug 2013 #56

The question is whether he knew about this since 2009 and chose to hide the truth. Pterodactyl Aug 2013 #77

Time Machine. I have no doubt of it. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #80

Not surprising in the least...and... tex-wyo-dem Aug 2013 #43

File Making Now Made Ever Easier By NSA Dragnet Surveillance cantbeserious Aug 2013 #44

Where are the NSA defenders now? Should be in GD too. Sad heart K&R. Melinda Aug 2013 #48

This should not surprise anyone. TBF Aug 2013 #49

So I wonder if they snoop on everybody who ... ananda Aug 2013 #53

"Chomsky Facebook page?" And you worry that the government is after you? msanthrope Aug 2013 #70

Who ever doubted it? 6000eliot Aug 2013 #63

We need a bigger word (or acronym) than "CIA" to describe the controlled country... Peace Patriot Aug 2013 #65

Just wanted to share with you. copernicusrev Jul 2015 #81

Wouldn't shock me if they had many D/U members on file. sarcasmo Aug 2013 #68

Would not shock me either - because I've seen my FBI file OutNow Aug 2013 #73

But that's impossible, because it is illegal. Zorra Aug 2013 #74

Here's a link to the doc in question: ucrdem Aug 2013 #79