To: dayglored
If they were monitoring potential terrorists it would be one thing. They were monitoring everyone.
4 posted on
09/11/2014 5:11:34 PM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
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If they were monitoring potential terrorists it would be one thing. They were monitoring everyone. Yep. And they won, too:
"...Yahoo’s secret and ultimately unsuccessful court fight against government surveillance..."
The spooks succeeded -- they made 'em bend over and cough up the users' data.
6 posted on
09/11/2014 5:14:43 PM PDT by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: driftdiver
The article seems deliberately vague about when what was happening.
Is it because they only have very partial data, or is it because the are being partial with the data.
7 posted on
09/11/2014 5:19:27 PM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: driftdiver
"If they were monitoring potential terrorists it would be one thing. They were monitoring everyone." The government (the ruling class) has become far more concerned about their OWN safety then they are about the safety American people.... The wide open borders are absolute proof of that...!!
10 posted on
09/11/2014 5:22:15 PM PDT by
unread
(Rescind the 17th. Amendment...bring the power BACK to the states...!)
To: driftdiver
Monitoring political opposition.
15 posted on
09/11/2014 6:17:26 PM PDT by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee! First one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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