RE: Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations.
June 10, 2013 at 6:30 pm
(June 10, 2013 at 5:48 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I personally don't object to these actions undertaken lawfully, under warrant issued upon probable cause. I object when secret courts issue secret warrants to authorize bulk surveillance and data gathering, and when three letter agencies of the United States eavesdrop on the communications of United States residents and citizens in what appears to me to be an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress' authority.
That's bullcrap. The term "probable cause" is so loose, every single one of these authorized survellinces could have been "probable cause". That doesn't mean crap. Whether they're authorized or not, they're still exactly what you say they are.
I've admitted that this is illegal. I've admitted that I recognize that this has been happening for years. But I'm still not disturbed or worried about it. It's a privacy issue. I personally don't give a damn how much of my activity is recorded. That's a subjective element.
Quote:I do find your attempt to paint this is as some sort of conspiracy theory to be pretty funny.
Where did I do that?
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