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You're probably right, but do you not agree that declaring PRISM illegal would be a helpful step?

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• narag 8y ago
  I believe he's trying to say that it's just impossible. In movies heroes uncover government conspiracies and culprits get handcuffed. In real world nothing happened. Snowden is now a cultural reference for comedy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6663582/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6663582/
  • yesenadam 8y ago
    In the real world, heroes get handcuffed - see the excellent documentary about US government whistleblowers Silenced (2014)
  • BLKNSLVR 8y ago
    In the real world, whistleblowers and their lawyers get prosecuted for revealing illegal activities the government was conducting: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/australian-spys-lawyer-threatened-with-jail-over-book/10155892 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/australian-spys-lawyer...
• crazynick4 8y ago
  Yes but what are the chances of that happening when it's a case involving a man accused of supporting terrorists? This is exactly the purpose of the program, so there won't be much of an argument there. If anything this will set a precedent and cement over the program's 'usefulness'. The question is why did they have to wait for the program to actually catch someone supporting terrorism before taking it to court?