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When The NSA Comes To Town
Buzzfeed.com ^
| July 31, 2013
| Justine Sharrock
Posted on 08/02/2013 6:50:19 AM PDT by Daffynition
BLUFFDALE, Utah There is no data center here.
Pete Ashdown and Grant Sperry, who run XMission, a small internet service provider, were in Utahs National Guards Camp Williams. It is located across the street from the National Security Agencys infamous Utah Data Center, which houses the massive server farms that power the agencys sweeping digital surveillance operation; they had a rare invitation from the agency to tour the facility with a group of heads of other internet companies, professors, and politicians, and they were looking for parking. They could clearly see the 1 million-square-foot complex in fact, anyone driving in the area, even on the main highway leading up to Salt Lake City, could spot the drab gray buildings. But here was a solider with an AR-15 telling them the center didnt exist.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; US: Utah
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In case reading this gives you the {{{chills}}}...here's a cup 'o hot cocoa for ya. Marshmallows?
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posted on
08/02/2013 6:52:26 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Life's short- paddle hard!)
To: Daffynition
The main reason the NSA chose Utah was because of its cheap electricity. It also has abundant water, immunity from most types of natural disasters, and abundant open land, Abundant water? Yeah, Utah is a lush Garden of Eden environment.
Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:04:14 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
To: Daffynition
You better watch out
you better not type
you better not Google
I'm telling you why
The NSA is coming to town
They know when you're angry
they know how you vote
they know when you're FReeping
and when you built that moat
To: KarlInOhio
The greatest lines from one of the greatest movies ever...
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:16:27 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: Daffynition
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:18:01 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:44:15 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Daffynition; All
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:47:12 AM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: bigbob
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:51:14 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Life's short- paddle hard!)
To: BipolarBob
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posted on
08/02/2013 8:33:06 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Life's short- paddle hard!)
To: KarlInOhio
Excellent post!
Watching the watchers....what could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
08/02/2013 8:36:08 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Life's short- paddle hard!)
To: Daffynition
Watching the watchers....what could possibly go wrong? Fluoridation.
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posted on
08/02/2013 8:47:21 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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