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. snagglepuss Aug 2013 #1
And we wonder why so many senior pols are in favor of it n2doc Aug 2013 #2
It's a very good notion to consider. truedelphi Aug 2013 #3
True and True. avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #4
That might explain the almost 180° between RC Aug 2013 #5
"the inputs were including hundreds of millions of records of phone calls of US citizens every day" Catherina Aug 2013 #6
..but, but ... that CAN'T be true 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #7
Indeed. PorridgeGun Aug 2013 #8
FINE. All communications are being collected, "word for word". Let's test it. yodermon Aug 2013 #9
None of this says how effective all this data collection is n2doc Aug 2013 #10
Stop drug traffickers? They'd need just to walk down the hall. WinkyDink Aug 2013 #18
That might not be the best test. You assume too much. Coyotl Aug 2013 #14
You first. WinkyDink Aug 2013 #16
Amateurish! PorridgeGun Aug 2013 #19
Already has. im1013 Aug 2013 #26
I believe that one turned out to be the result of a former employer snitching them off rather than t PorridgeGun Aug 2013 #27
They wouldn't "come for you" just like that. Those involved would be profiled, first, and some leveymg Aug 2013 #28
How accurate is voice transcription software? Downwinder Aug 2013 #11
ever used google voice? yodermon Aug 2013 #24
I always wondered where the data really goes when I back it up to the "cloud." tclambert Aug 2013 #12
One left in 2001, the other in 2005 - during the Bush era pnwmom Aug 2013 #13
Isn't the point that they speak of that which they knew. Coyotl Aug 2013 #15
But they don't know what's going on now. Everybody knows that the Bush administration pnwmom Aug 2013 #17
I know of no programs that Obama "shut down." Maedhros Aug 2013 #22
Here's a reference to one. pnwmom Aug 2013 #23
Hmm. That's a bit thin. Maedhros Aug 2013 #25
Probably only because there was a new program They_Live Aug 2013 #31
He explained that. They still have friends inside the NSA/IC. leveymg Aug 2013 #29
But that would be illegal!!! RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #20
This is why Anthony Weiner MUST WIN: IronicNews Aug 2013 #21
Same reason that I'd like to see NY Atty Gen'l Eliot Spitzer run again. leveymg Aug 2013 #30
K&R. Mr_Jefferson_24 Aug 2013 #32
The Truth Hurts cantbeserious Aug 2013 #33
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