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NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants
CNET ^ | June 15, 2013 | Declan McCullagh |

Posted on 06/16/2013 5:30:22 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike

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To: Enterprise

They did before....so not news.


41 posted on 06/16/2013 7:09:08 AM PDT by caww
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To: txrefugee

The straws on the camel’s back sure seem to be piling up.
The speed nobama and his comrades are pushing may bring us up to “that” wall before 2016.

A lot will depend on outcome of 2014. If dem/libs are able to fix that election, it might be the last in USA with 50, or is that 57, States.


42 posted on 06/16/2013 7:10:25 AM PDT by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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To: sheana

“The congressmen on the Benghazi investigation should request the phone call between Hillary and Zero that night.”

Maybe Snowden was listening in. And that is why they are after him.

I still have yet to see any specific charges against Snowden. Britt Hume said the same thing today on Fox Sunday News. Jane Harmon disagreed but again nothing specific - just horrific cries of irreparable damage to the NSA.


43 posted on 06/16/2013 7:14:13 AM PDT by A'elian' nation
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To: A'elian' nation

....” just horrific cries of irreparable damage to the NSA.”...>

Destroy trust in a nations authorized security...you can take the nation.


44 posted on 06/16/2013 7:16:41 AM PDT by caww
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To: American Constitutionalist
Wait ? wasn’t it a few weeks ago that they were denying this ? and now they are admitting to it ? what gives ? what caused them to fold ?

I imagine they've completed their review of what materials Snowden copied and they are trying to get in front of the next batch of stories. The writer who interviewed him said this is just the beginning.

45 posted on 06/16/2013 7:41:10 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Great idea, I was for burning it down but “waste not want not” a phrase that is unknown in government.


46 posted on 06/16/2013 7:57:05 AM PDT by duffee (NO poll tax, NO tax on firearms, ammunition or gun safes. NO gun free zones.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Good question about which “law” he may have broken - more likely the doctrine that goes with a job that requires a security clearance. One must sing a non-disclosure agreement that leaves on open to prosecution if the non-disclosure is abrogated. NSA undoubtedly broke laws, but those in politics claim that while it may be construed as illegal, it also might not be termed “criminal. Go figure. I still maintain he did us a service.


47 posted on 06/16/2013 8:57:12 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: plain talk
Steak dinner? OK. Last meal. Find him, blindfold him and shoot him for divulging secrets about China. While many might have assumed that was going on he had classified knowledge and documents. Do it now before he releases those documents.

Not until the same is done to those who consistently commit the same type acts. The government is betraying the trust of the People - I will defend Snowden before I defend them and go blindly along the path they would lead us on. How is it worse for a citizen to break the trust than for the government to do so?

48 posted on 06/16/2013 8:59:15 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb

It is not either / or. whoever breaks the law should be held accountable. In Snowden’s case I take it back. No last meal. Just shoot the SOB.


49 posted on 06/16/2013 10:30:58 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: txrefugee; All

“This isn’t “monitoring.” This isn’t “scanning.” This is eavesdropping — exactly what President Obama denied when he said “Nobody is listening to your phone calls.” Oh, yes they are, Barry, and lying about it is about the most egregious breach of trust with the American people that has occurred in your administration.”

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/06/oh_yes_they_are_listening_to_our_phone_calls_barry.html#ixzz2WPA0etEs
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50 posted on 06/16/2013 11:22:32 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Hotlanta Mike
They were just collating “metadata”.

1s and 0s, 1s and 0s, 1s and 0s, 1s and 0s, 1s and 0s

So many things to keep track of which shall we watch? The 1s or the 0s

51 posted on 06/16/2013 1:54:05 PM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: X-spurt
A lot will depend on outcome of 2014. If dem/libs are able to fix that election, it might be the last in USA

Bingo, it isn't about National Security, it is about winning elections. They now have enough Data on individual voters in key districts to tailor the outcome. If that doesn't work they will just steal the elections with fraudulent voting machine tabulations.

I have suspected for years that polling is designed to prepare us for the outcome, not predicting the outcome.

Anyone that thinks the Chinese that make virtually all our computer hardware hasn't built back doors into our systems is a little naive.

They have stolen most of our military designs (at least the one they couldn't buy from Bill and co.) and it is evident if you look at their latest hardware. A lot cheaper to build F22 Raptors if you just build from proven plans.

52 posted on 06/16/2013 2:11:37 PM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

But Obama’s mouthpiece claimed yesterday that Obama does not believe Americans privacy has been violated.


53 posted on 06/17/2013 5:53:29 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: Hotlanta Mike

I think 2 prison cells should be built right in the middle of this project with a porta pottey,and the 2 inmates should be Eric Holder and Hussein Obama,they should be provided with a hammer and screwdriver and be told when you are finished building this place you can go back to Kenya


54 posted on 06/17/2013 5:59:08 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: Gunslingr3

” they are trying to get in front of the next batch of stories “ ... i.e. invent a new batch of lies and stick to it.


55 posted on 06/17/2013 9:33:55 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: plain talk
It is not either / or. whoever breaks the law should be held accountable. In Snowden’s case I take it back. No last meal. Just shoot the SOB.

Perfect - I can assume that if they decide that the 2nd Amendment is not necessary and outlaw guns, you will turn yours in and point out those who still have them so they can be prosecuted under "the law".

When the law protects the bad guys from the People, the law is not valid...period.

56 posted on 06/18/2013 2:46:44 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: A'elian' nation
Maybe Snowden was listening in. And that is why they are after him.

And what will come out once his cold lifeless hand drops off the dead man's switch? He's no dummy, he has to have planned for this eventuality.

57 posted on 06/18/2013 3:00:22 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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