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Vinnie From Indy

(10,820 posts) Sat Jun 8, 2013, 01:23 PM Jun 2013

Are some pigs more equal than others in regard to NSA spying?

Is the NSA vacuuming up all of the communication and Internet use of Supreme Court Justices? Members of Congress? Governors? Is lawyer/client privilege now over? Or, in this new paradigm are some exempted?

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Are some pigs more equal than others in regard to NSA spying? (Original Post) Vinnie From Indy Jun 2013 OP

I was wondering about that lawyer/client privilege question myself. 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #1

Oh, it's just harmless data..that's why they kept the collecting of it secret. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #2

1-Old-Man

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1. I was wondering about that lawyer/client privilege question myself.

Reply to Vinnie From Indy (Original post)

Sat Jun 8, 2013, 01:33 PM

Jun 2013

Just one more bucket of water over the falls I suppose.

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

2. Oh, it's just harmless data..that's why they kept the collecting of it secret.

Reply to Vinnie From Indy (Original post)

Sat Jun 8, 2013, 01:35 PM

Jun 2013

It's also why they're pursuing the "leaker" who told us about the collection of harmless data.

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