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rantanplan
13y ago
Well, I guess a government agency, even if it's a spying agency, it's still a government agency. I think that hollywood has made a great job all these years, by making us believe that the NSA is somehow super-efficient and infal
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rantanplan
13y ago
At his now famous video interview, he said that he had access to most things. He also said that he could even shut down most of NSA's monitoring system, if he wanted. Which strikes me as odd, that just a single analyst could have such
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rantanplan
13y ago
I see you're a man that sticks to his facts. You definitely brought the real point home.
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rantanplan
13y ago
So when I invest my money on you, to carry out a specific plan of action, you are free of your obligations by the time you get my money. Correct?
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rantanplan
13y ago
When I talk about history, I don't mean about 50-60 years back. If 20-30(or more) years from now a new kind of government emerges and thinks for some reason, that Nixon being a hero serves its purpose, then he will become a hero. This
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13y ago
@SCAQTony Also the title of the ever more relevant mr. Noam Chomsky's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent:_The_Poli...
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rantanplan
13y ago
Well what if... obama's signature counts as 100,000 signatures? :P
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rantanplan
13y ago
You said it all in your last sentence. You could not ever be him. You're a normal human being. Presidents, regardless of country of origin, don't have that prerequisite. Actually it's a bonus point if they don't have it.
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13y ago
You really think that he's pulling the strings? That it's his call?