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To: B4Ranch
Yes, I looked to see if there were previous threads and there were and, generally, FReepers were condemning Thomas Drake. That link is to a long article but it is well worth reading.

Thin Thread was a program that Drake wrote which collected domestic info anonymously precisely to protect American citizens from warrantless surveillance. He was dumped and his program was re-written to allow the collection of full info not excluding names and other identifiers.

They are and have been storing every byte that passes through every electronic communication medium in a searchable directory and have the software to automatically put together profiles with any parameter they want.

211 posted on 05/17/2011 5:22:03 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: TigersEye

>>They are and have been storing every byte that passes through every electronic communication medium in a searchable directory and have the software to automatically put together profiles with any parameter they want.<<

Amazing how they can be so efficient when they want to be.


214 posted on 05/17/2011 5:49:39 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are..)
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To: TigersEye

FR mail


218 posted on 05/17/2011 6:08:35 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are..)
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