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Translation: Obama is getting hammered by wealthy people harmed by the PRISM backlash. He'll consider renaming the surveillance programs.
by genwin 13y ago
Translation: Obama is getting hammered by wealthy people harmed by the PRISM backlash. He'll consider renaming the surveillance programs.
- samstave 13y agoThey will redefine the definition of the terms "surveillance" "citizen" "enemy" "foreigner" "whistleblower" and "leak" The laws will be reinterpreted around these new definitions and he'll claim victory.
- genwin 13y agoWe'll get here eventually: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
- javert 13y agoCareful, Big Sis is watching us. Literally.
- wwhitman 13y agoCIRCLEJERK IS ACTION
- jlgreco 13y agoHuh, I thought that word auto-killed comments. I am so sick of seeing it.
- foobarbazqux 13y agobut... but... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6029098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6029098
- jlgreco 13y agoHa! Touché.
- charonn0 13y agoDon't forget: Privacy is sedition
- lurkinggrue 13y agoLike how Total Information Awareness went away in 2003: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Awareness_Office http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Awareness_Office
- mitchty 13y agoThis is basically my worry as well, these programs aren't going away, they'll just get hidden better. What recourse exactly do we have? It seems like states secrets have gone overboard exactly like everyone has feared. What can we as a populace do when our courts have this legal concept enshrined in case law?
- genwin 13y agoFew people are willing to do what it takes: ostracize everyone who supports it, and boycott the supporting businesses. In WA state a turning point for gay marriage was http://whosigned.org/ http://whosigned.org/: "Coming soon: A Facebook application that helps you find people in your friend list who may have signed Referendum 71 [against gay marriage]".