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zeemike

(18,998 posts)
17. This occurred BEFORE the patriot act.
Sat Apr 5, 2014, 03:01 PM
Apr 2014

So the problem was created before it...and Snowden is not a traitor.

I wasn't aware of this.. thanks for bringing it to my attention. n/t 2banon Apr 2014 #1
I wasn't either. zeemike Apr 2014 #2
+1 2banon Apr 2014 #10
Interview: Thomas Drake, pre-Snowden NSA whistleblower cprise Apr 2014 #68
That's the way it works. PeoViejo Apr 2014 #3
I wish I could rec this a thousand times. I wish I were that sure that he was blameless Demeter Apr 2014 #4
K & R Mbrow Apr 2014 #5
Post removed Post removed Apr 2014 #6
Don't break your arm congratulating your conformist / authoritarian self just 20score Apr 2014 #7
Firebagger/Naterite logic: Being against crooked CEOs = conformist/authoritarian ConservativeDemocrat Apr 2014 #12
I see, "Reality Based Community" is meant ironically. 20score Apr 2014 #15
So True hueymahl Apr 2014 #33
This. Jamaal510 Apr 2014 #21
I agree... reACTIONary Apr 2014 #24
Holy shit! Were you asleep during the Bush Administration? 20score Apr 2014 #28
Are you calling other DU posters, "Firebaggers and Naderites?" Is this whining? rhett o rick Apr 2014 #44
Nacchio's experience answers your question. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #49
Some people just don't believe it is wrong zeemike Apr 2014 #14
I believe it's wrong to break the law, as this asshat did... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #18
But not wrong for the government to break the law zeemike Apr 2014 #20
I was and still am very much against the warrantless wiretapping Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #41
Time Magazine is to Truth in about the same proportion that truedelphi Apr 2014 #23
Let me see . . . Jack Rabbit Apr 2014 #29
Have you watched the interview by Bartolucci with Naccio? Post 13. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #37
Hi JD. I'm willing to give anyone a shot if the facts bear it out, but flat out, this doesn't do it ConservativeDemocrat Apr 2014 #39
In other words you side with George Bush. nm rhett o rick Apr 2014 #45
So why did the government claim that evidence should be excluded from the trial due to JDPriestly Apr 2014 #50
''Obama's NSA.'' DeSwiss Apr 2014 #8
Happened under Bush... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #9
Watch his interview with Maria Bartolucci (hope I got the name right) in Post # 13. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #38
You are in poor company. George Bush thinks he is a crook also. He didnt fool you too? nm rhett o rick Apr 2014 #46
Talk about strawmen... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #54
This person is a crook who deserved prison for longer then he got nakocal Apr 2014 #11
Facts aren't welcome here when talking about the NSA... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #16
This occurred BEFORE the patriot act. zeemike Apr 2014 #17
Partriot Act was passed in 2002... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #19
It is not just his claim... zeemike Apr 2014 #22
So you are saying that you side with the Bush administration. nm rhett o rick Apr 2014 #47
On convicting this criminal? Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #53
The government should have honored Nacchio's request and allowed him to JDPriestly Apr 2014 #51
His first conviction was overturned... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #55
"Orthodoxy means not thinking—not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness." George Orwell 20score Apr 2014 #26
+10, and... reACTIONary Apr 2014 #25
What massive corruption? And part of why he went to jail was for almost destroying a company? cui bono Apr 2014 #27
He was CEO of Qwest Communications... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #42
Insider trading is what Bush accused him of. You seem to be on the wrong side of history here. nm rhett o rick Apr 2014 #48
What the fuck is your hardon for this guy? Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #56
What is yours? cui bono Apr 2014 #57
Qwest was NEVER a clean company... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #60
Disregarding your rudeness, I think he was set-up. rhett o rick Apr 2014 #61
Project much? Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #64
It's just my opinion but I think you are in the wrong message board. rhett o rick Apr 2014 #65
Longtime Democrats don't belong on Democratic Underground? Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #66
Maria Bartiromo did a lengthy interview with him last week. Very interesting. Link: 7962 Apr 2014 #13
Thank you for posting this. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #35
No, I didnt post it elsewhere; I didnt think about it till it was too late for "breaking news". 7962 Apr 2014 #40
K&R. We DUErs knew about this a number of years ago. I remember this case clearly. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #30
I was here then but I missed it. zeemike Apr 2014 #31
K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #32
I do remember this story as it happened. K&R. 20score Apr 2014 #34
"Before 911." This post should have hundreds of recommendations. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #36
The PNAC crowd just had to wait a couple months for their catalyzing event. /nt jakeXT Apr 2014 #58
That 2000 "election" was a coup. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #59
I agree that there has been a "coup". I believe those that took control still have control. nm rhett o rick Apr 2014 #62
That's two of us. There are many more. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #63
He told them to piss off. They had to make an example of him. GoneFishin Apr 2014 #43
I knew about him Warpy Apr 2014 #52
K&R cprise Apr 2014 #67
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