NSA Wiretapping and Snowden on the run

[tru_m.a.c]

- Barack Obama, 2007

sorry thats not the Obama I voted for

 

[Kid McNamara]

its time to go against the fukkin government,thats what!..fukk the NSA,FBI,CIA,DEA,ATF,NYC,ATL and any otha three letter acronym!! im ready to bomb 1st on these bytch ass nikkas!!! WHO WIT ME!!!??

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nikka YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS A JOKE??

You haven't been paying attention.

Have you?

 

[bassLord]

I'll Be Fresh as Hell if The Feds Watchin

 

[[Something Cool]]

Well hopefully this can get the ball rolling on constitutional challenges to the Act so we can put implement some kind of parameters on this carte blanche surveillance. Congress has proven time and time again that they are completely incapable of doing anything

 

[Brown Ant]

Well hopefully this can get the ball rolling on constitutional challenges to the Act so we can put implement some kind of parameters on this carte blanche surveillance. Congress has proven time and time again that they are completely incapable of doing anything

Ya right, the whole point of Congress is to keep us and the world in check.

 

[[Something Cool]]

Ya right, the whole point of Congress is to keep us and the world in check.

Which is more or less my point. While there are members in the House and some in the Senate that opposed the recent renewal of Patriot Act on grounds that it infringes on our civil liberties, the numbers simply aren't there. Remember for whatever reason we need 60 votes to clear anything in the Senate. Plus you can already see Congressional members on both sides of the aisle getting in their defensive positions in order to justify their vote.

Which is why the judiciary may be the best shot at judging the overall constitutionality of various provisions in the Act. Unless they fast track any challenges, that could take years though

 

[Mac Milli]

Repeal the patriot act? Congress won't do it.

The can of worms is already open.

 

[Fellatio]

Watch you **** eat and dump in the toilet?

 

[ch15x]

With current tech, it's either hackers stealing crap, corrupted officials/governments terrified of shadows, or getting cross-fired in the "spy vs. spy" game.

Watching "Enemy of the State" several days back (H-wood again), it reminded me that stuff like spying, covert operations, snitching, etc. on the public/private/exclusive sector has been going on for decades. We just have advanced tech pushing it along.

Yeah, there's extremist perverts, the less-informed, and/or power-hungry freaks (which you can encounter off the grid) messing around on computers and other toys. Either folks get on that collective and retake the "of, by, and for" government ideal (pipe dream, but still...) or continue into greed and fear along with paranoia.


...to have that much power, privilege, & access, though...

 

[newworldafro]

 

[the next guy]

@K.O.D notice how certain posters would rather talk about theatrics in africa then stuff that is going on in their own country.

 

[Mike Otherz]

so its between glenn greenwald and jeremy scahill for realest journalist? making all these other dudes look like clowns.

 

[Type Username Here]

so its between glenn greenwald and jeremy scahill for realest journalist? making all these other dudes look like clowns.

Matt Taibbi and Naomi Wolf are up there as well.

Taibbi goes right for the source. He's like Freeman from the Wire, he doesn't really care about the criminals at the bottom and the mid levels, he wants to follow the money trail to the bosses.

 

[Mike Otherz]

Matt Taibbi and Naomi Wolf are up there as well.

Taibbi goes right for the source. He's like Freeman from the Wire, he doesn't really care about the criminals at the bottom and the mid levels, he wants to follow the money trail to the bosses.

do you mean naomi klein?

 

[Type Username Here]

do you mean naomi klein?

Naomi Wolf | The Guardian

She broke a lot of the occupy crackdown by the US government stories.

Klein is fantastic as well but more of a straight up author than journalist. fukk it, include her as well.