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Post by Vierotchka on Jun 7, 2013 14:31:06 GMT -5
Obama Administration Phone Spying...Beyond Orwellian
Published on 7 Jun 2013
Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio, joins Thom Hartmann. According a report published in the Guardian last night - the National Security Agency is secretly collecting the phone records of millions of Verizon users. The agency received authorization to track phone "metadata" over a 3 month period from a special court order issued in April. We now know - however - that what the Guardian uncovered is just one part of an ongoing phone records collection program.
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Post by ibrake4rappers13 on Jun 7, 2013 20:18:28 GMT -5
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Post by Argon18 on Jun 7, 2013 21:06:26 GMT -5
I don't know why anyone would be surprised since it's been going on for years A fair amount of people warned that not holding those accountable would set a precedent that would undermine the rule of lawBy not enforcing the crimes committed then, makes the actions taken since not even illegal now, so how can there be any outrage over them?
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Post by lamudbug on Jun 7, 2013 22:08:06 GMT -5
Electronic switching replaced operators making connections. Government funded that. They have been listening in and spying on all of us since Ike was the pres. Our dear dubya made it possible for no such agency to moniter and record all electronic communications. Nothing new here except that people are going after the wrong guy. Obama inherited a police state and is making minor changes to restore a tiny bit of freedom to us real people.
We just have to survive until Hillary takes office and restores constitutional government to this country. I pray I will live long enough to call her Madame President. She repeatedly tried to introduce legislation to fight for us against the misnamed patriot act and got attacked daily by the rightwing owned and controlled press.
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