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Post by loser on Jun 10, 2013 10:45:54 GMT -7
Good for them. Our government sucks.
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Post by Saint on Jun 10, 2013 11:02:41 GMT -7
succinct and to the point, our government also blows depending on the social trend at the time. www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillanceThe Guardian, after several days of interviews, is revealing his identity at his request. From the moment he decided to disclose numerous top-secret documents to the public, he was determined not to opt for the protection of anonymity. "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong," he said. Snowden will go down in history as one of America's most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning. He is responsible for handing over material from one of the world's most secretive organisations – the NSA. In a note accompanying the first set of documents he provided, he wrote: "I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions," but "I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant." He has had "a very comfortable life" that included a salary of roughly $200,000, a girlfriend with whom he shared a home in Hawaii, a stable career, and a family he loves. "I'm willing to sacrifice all of that because I can't in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This guy is a hero exposing the hedonistic arrogant megalamaniacs we have in washington
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Post by dot on Jun 10, 2013 15:31:12 GMT -7
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Post by ivymike on Jun 10, 2013 19:38:24 GMT -7
The NSA and the Obama administration got caught with their pants down. Think about it. Here you have the need for security...I get that as someone that knows full well that as a holder of a security clearance your phone and computer can be tapped at any time and you sign off on it. What I don't get is the government getting phone records of 15 million individuals from Verizon customers. Okay one carrier Verizon has 70.8 million customers. So how did the government pick the 15 million customers of Verizon to gather their calling history? What BS line did they use to get a judge to sign off on a search warrant for 25% of Verizon customers leaving the other 55 million alone? What's next registration of all cell phones? No more purchasing of untracable throw away phones. C'mon! There has been the tracking and recording of phone calls to and from overseas phone calls since Clinton with "Echelon". Does anyone remember project Clipper Chip headed by the goofy Al Gore where they proposed putting tracking chips in all communications equipment, computer modems and printers to enable to FBI and NSA to have access to those systems? Folks this stuff ain't new by a long shot.
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