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Someone once made the same point about the warantless wiretaps to me: “The American people said ‘never again’, and the NSA pwned the whole planet, to try and d
by FakeComments 8y ago
Someone once made the same point about the warantless wiretaps to me:
“The American people said ‘never again’, and the NSA pwned the whole planet, to try and deliver on that, for $20B/yr. They did an impressive job of an impossible task.”
Honestly, I still feel conflicted — because the truth is that the warrantless spying is what many people wanted, post-9/11.
- filmgirlcw 8y agoAnd the reality was, the intelligence we had under warrants could have helped prevent 9/11. The information wasn’t acted on and wasn’t sufficiently prioritized, but it was available
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