It's Getting Close Folks... Greenwald, Naming Names....

[mindwalker_i]

134. And what legitimate reason is there for collecting mass data on Americans' communications

and classifying that? There have been multiple articles about the lack of any data helping stop a terrorist attack. Similarly, the TSA gets lots of money, does lots of stuff, but has not stopped a terrorist attack. In fact, people have deliberately snuck knives onto planes to prove the TSA doesn't catch them. So if these programs are not to catch terrorists, then what are they for? That's the reason they're kept secret - government doesn't want us knowing what they are doing.

Sure, it's a good idea to carefully look through the documents from Snowden and published by Greenwald, and it's a good idea to approach them with some skepticism. But it's a really good idea to be skeptical about the programs, the government, and why they are doing this. Unfortunately too many people here support the man with a D next to his name without regard to the issues.