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> ... what would prevent this from happening? Not. A. God. Damn. Thing. "... the Constitution, other Executive Orders, federal statutes, case law, etc. ... wh
by jlgaddis 6y ago
> ... what would prevent this from happening?
Not. A. God. Damn. Thing.
"... the Constitution, other Executive Orders, federal statutes, case law, etc. ... which wuld have to be considered" (as mentioned in a sibling comment) wouldn't pose even the smallest obstacle if they all "wanted to make this happen".
There were so many things that we all thought they simply COULD NOT DO -- until Snowden came along and showed us that they were, in fact, doing every single one of them for years -- not to mention all of the other things that we had never even considered!
- phobosanomaly 6y agoI just want to say, I was curious who would write that particular comment. So I clicked on your comment history. Linux/BSD sysadmin. The CNN lite comment. An actual GPG key in your signature! You're a real-ass dude. I don't work in tech, but when I was a kid my first computer ran FreeBSD, because my uncle who was an Engineer handed me a box of parts, a FreeBSD disc-set, and some satellite tracking software he said I should "never connect to the internet because I copied it from work." Dude explained to me what Project Echelon was, had an unfolded Mac-10 receiver in his closet, and his proudest moment was when Noam Chomsky emailed him back. Your whole ethos reminds me of him, so please keep being you dude because the world needs it.