alan_cx

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by alan_cx 13y ago
My to words are "respect" and "appreciation".
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, if government stopped abusing our trust, we wouldn't need leaks. What this ex policeman is saying is that we have no right to know if government and his lot in the police are abusing the power we grant them. What a surprise.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Shakespeare is still a great read.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I have seen a couple of examples of UK PM David Cameron commenting prematurely on issues that he hasn't fully researched or understood, and as a result being wholly wrong, then having to back track, and BTW, getting clean away with it.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Air travel locked down by armed guards, searching and demanding identity, now trains. What's next, buses? Then what, UK levels of CCTV, face recognition motorway(freeway) cameras? Oh yeah, we Brits have those. What is the limit here, c
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by alan_cx 13y ago
It would be quite a wheeze if countries started offering American (and UK) citizens political asylum, and favorable conditions. Long been said that the US is a brain drain for other countries, well, reverse it. Perhaps that could be a great
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by alan_cx 13y ago
The core basic legitimate reason is to verify what is said with what is actually happening; to discover the genuine intentions of the opposition. So, olde days, USSR says "we have no intention of starting WW3", and US spying would
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I don't think so. The US is supposed to be an ally of many, if not the majority, of UN members. China is not. So from, say a Spanish POV, China, not regarded as an ally, spying is expected, but an ally industrially spying is more diffi
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by alan_cx 13y ago
If only.... That would be one hell of a twist. Just to really push it, what if he has an unknown identical twin???
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I know. I had to go with the implication of what you said because the bare bones of it were too obvious to have been worth posting.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, they would normally have a pop at those papers. So, with in the world of my theory, I'd say this is a Tory paper echoing the "good spying" line.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Until the the UK gov confirms political leaking, its is all we have. So, either we have a bit of a chat and see what we can work out, or we say nothing because its conjecture and so forth. Are you suggesting that we cant have that conversat
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, here is my theory. Could well be missing something, or a hell of a lot, but here goes.... First thing is that my impression has been that the Independent has so far been pretty much parroting the Guardian articles. Now, I read this ar
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I'd say its the Guardian being responsible. The idea is to hold government to account, not risk people on the ground.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
As you have quoted, its the Independent who claims there are agreements in place, not the Guardian or Greenwald. So, it's the Independent who need to clarify their claim, the Guardian employee has flat out denied it. How clear does it
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by alan_cx 13y ago
There is no way a person at Manning's level could be expected to cherry pick effectively. How can he decide what is in the public interest, know what evidence is enough, know what evidence is dangerous, and so on. Yes to a point, but w
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Do you object to members voting up article that are of interest to them?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
You can stab people with keys. I have a VW flick key. Sharpen it up, and its a great little weapon.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I do hope you are 19 or younger.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
As was pointed out at the time these laws were drafted, possession of an A to Z could aid terrorism, not to mention possession of the Anarchists Cookbook. Then we get the usual nonsense of people who like to smoke a joint are accused of fun
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by alan_cx 13y ago
On one level, it reads like right wing think tank propaganda, given that the conservative party didn't oppose many of the things labour did. Indeed, one reason labour won power was that it adopted conservative economic policy. Old soci
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Equally is best not to allow piss poor execution to be an excuse for evil.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This is why I try so hard to separate the US government and the American people. However.... I cant pretend that the US people didn't vote for Obama, and Bush and Clinton before him. In a democracy the people have to take responsibilit
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by alan_cx 13y ago
So, they don't know if anyone else has take anything either? Snowden could in fact merely be the one they know about. And on the face of it, Snowden has risked everything to let the world know whats going on, an act of human patriotism
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I hope you never accidentally advise a criminal and get metadata linked to a crime.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
So, even in trying to be positive you mention and remind us all of the NSA... And that now for me is the problem. I see "google", and think, Im being spied on by the US government. No, not exclusively google by any means, but for
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Don't Americans have guns to protect property? I suppose in fairness Disney cant run out and wave a gun at people downloading cartoons. Yes, its disgustingly over the top, but then, what isn't these days?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Is this so freedom loving American big business can use the government they paid for to extradite, render, kidnap and perhaps torture dirty, thieving, terrorist, pedophile, A-Rab foreigners for downloading Breaking Bad?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, sooner or later the people of New Zealand can vote for their government. Then we get to see how much they really care. Whats the betting that spying and privacy are not issues?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I wonder if a part of these site or services is how the name works in the language. I can "tweet" something I can "google" something, but "app" something? Not saying its crucial or 100% important, but I do thin

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