Reply #14: I read years ago about the NSA... [View All]

[MostlyLurks]

I can't remember where, but I read YEARS AGO that the NSA recorded every phone call in the country for surveillance purposes. Now, I've never been a consumer of "straight news", so this probably came from some underground rag full of conspiracy theories. But this particular idea made perfect sense, was technologically feasible AND required no vast web of deceit among disparate agencies and people.

I instantly accepted it as very possible, and probably even likely. Ever since, I've just taken it on faith that everything I say is being taped and checked, thus explaining the terseness of my phone communication methodology.

Like you, I was shocked at how, well, shocked DU was at this story, since I had taken it on faith for over a decade. I guess I thought it was common knowledge among the well-informed masses since I had so thoroughly wired it into my consciousness.

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