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In reply to the discussion: Snowden asks Putin about Moscow surveillance [View all]jmowreader
(53,162 posts)67. And a snitch in every department of every company, and one in every classroom...
They bugged everyone's phone just to be thorough.
You'll like this: I worked for a lieutenant who attended the US Army Russian Institute, which was a very advanced language training program. Part of the program is to live for six months in Moscow. On her first morning there, she went up to her room, which was in a hotel, and inspected everything...the shower didn't work. So just for the hell of it she walked to the middle of the room and yelled at the top of her lungs, "My shower is broken and I want it fixed!" When she got back that night, it was. So for the rest of the time she was there she called in her work orders by yelling at the ceiling.
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Especially since Comrade Snowden's lawyer & Putin are both former KGB. If anyone believes this....
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2014
#53
“Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?”
groovedaddy
Apr 2014
#12
Who needs phones? They had a snitch or ten in every apartment complex...the walls had
MADem
Apr 2014
#65
And a snitch in every department of every company, and one in every classroom...
jmowreader
Apr 2014
#67
That was basically a softball question, and I'm sure he knew what the answer would be....
George II
Apr 2014
#17
The timing came out just as the USA was going after China for corporate spying.
joshcryer
Apr 2014
#28
"I believe Putin when he says that Russia doesn't have the money to do it...."
Blue_Tires
Apr 2014
#42
Wow, how can it be Russia does not listen to conversations but yet reveals a
Thinkingabout
Apr 2014
#51