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More precisely, he aims to extend the powers of the TLAs to a very worrying degree. > [1] “And certain things will be done that we never thought would happen i
by zamalek 10y ago
More precisely, he aims to extend the powers of the TLAs to a very worrying degree.
> [1] “And certain things will be done that we never thought would happen in this country in terms of information and learning about the enemy. And so we’re going to have to do certain things that were frankly unthinkable a year ago.”
So it's not blame-laying, he's saying this stuff himself.
[1]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/12/trump-and-his-advisors-surveillance-encryption-cybersecurity https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/12/trump-and-his-advisors...
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoAt least he's honest. Any other potential president would have had their hand forced or led the charge too.
- zamalek 10y ago> At least he's honest. While true, that is a non-sequitur.
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago>At least he's honest. Saying something true by chance doesn't make the man honest when his words are randomly generated.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoYeah, it's like that thing about giving an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters and they'll eventually duplicate Shakespeare. Now we get to conduct a similar experiment whereby we see first hand if having an actual clown in the oval office is any different to a real politician. Trump reminds me of William S. Burrows Naked Lunch. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order, and Trump is about as obscene.