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US officials have lied so many times it's difficult to give credibility to anything they say: NSA lies to senate about surveillance on U.S. citizens living ins
by jobu 12y ago
US officials have lied so many times it's difficult to give credibility to anything they say:
NSA lies to senate about surveillance on U.S. citizens living inside the country: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/mar/11/james-clappers-testimony-one-year-later/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/mar/11/...
CIA lies about torture and it's effectiveness: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/opinion/the-senate-report-on-the-cias-torture-and-lies.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/opinion/the-senate-report-...
FBI lies to U.S. courts about surveillance records: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/05/fbi-chastised-court-lying-about-existence https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/05/fbi-chastised-court-ly...
- happyscrappy 12y agoThe problem with liars isn't that they lie, it's that sometimes they tell the truth.
- CHY872 12y agoI don't think that holds weight. The federal government employs nearly 3 million people, and of course some of them will lie to better serve their interests. You'd reasonably expect this. You see racists making similar arguments about random minorities - a few isolated cases expanded into a gross stereotype. To blanket dismiss any statement as untrustworthy is unwise and misguided.