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3. This is what I think

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 08:18 PM

Jul 2014

Let's say government develops a new investigatory tool or surveillance tool to combat some problem. Next, there will be a lot of pressure, maybe from politicians, maybe from some elements of the public, or just from the bureaucracy itself to expand the use of that technology into a weapon that can be used to combat every crime, every social ill and every threat.

So now tools that we were told were for fighting terrorism are inevitably used to combat tax evaders, child pornographers, drug dealers and illegal music downloaders.

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EXCLUSIVE: Ordinary Web users far outnumber foreign targets in conversations intercepted by the NSA [View all] DonViejo Jul 2014 OP

Doesn't matter. ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2014 #1

Quelle surprise! marmar Jul 2014 #2

This is what I think bluestateguy Jul 2014 #3

Yep! Weapons against citizens ... can also be used against those not in agreement with TPTB. It's RKP5637 Jul 2014 #4

Nothing incompetent about THIS.. for sure MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #6

I meant incompetence in using the shotgun approach, kinda like a fishing net that gets RKP5637 Jul 2014 #8

Ur Doing It Wrong. OnyxCollie Jul 2014 #15

Yes, definitely, as in my post #4. That is a clear danger and it will happen and be exploited if not RKP5637 Jul 2014 #16

Great minds think alike. OnyxCollie Jul 2014 #17

Yep! RKP5637 Jul 2014 #21

That might be true... MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #27

Yes, IMO too, that is pretty much the bottomline, control of the masses. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #39

The incompetence is on the part of the legitimate targets. Bad people should communicate only with 24601 Jul 2014 #41

The next thing you know.... George II Jul 2014 #9

nothing to say about the article? the NSA collecting neverforget Jul 2014 #13

or employ and deploy foreign nationals to sidestep it. reddread Jul 2014 #14

yes, just like they put thousands defacto7 Jul 2014 #30

Weak. Hissyspit Jul 2014 #40

Did you read what I responded to? George II Jul 2014 #42

Of course he did LiberalLovinLug Jul 2014 #44

No that's not what I said. George II Jul 2014 #45

I also had that wrong interpretation of your post. nt ZombieHorde Jul 2014 #47

This has been happening for years. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #37

Oops… sorry MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #5

So now the fascists will have all the info they need for arrests when ''the time comes''! YOHABLO Jul 2014 #7

Yeah, much like that........... George II Jul 2014 #10

It is exactly that! And what is so stupid are the damn fools that say, "well, I have nothing to RKP5637 Jul 2014 #11

I have nothing to hide, says the ignorant person. christx30 Jul 2014 #20

Yep! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #23

Or start the conversation with: christx30 Jul 2014 #28

lets dedicate this one to the freedom fighters in the NSA reddread Jul 2014 #33

Or have a nice little sit down with a newly elected President AngryAmish Jul 2014 #38

So if the NSA is spying on the American people, christx30 Jul 2014 #12

That would seem to be a decent conclusion, sadly... Pholus Jul 2014 #19

I think this part is actually the juicy stuff OKNancy Jul 2014 #18

Breaking! Ice is cold! nt valerief Jul 2014 #22

I'll never trust the NSA and our government. L0oniX Jul 2014 #24

There's an increasing lack of credibility for me. There is just way too much RKP5637 Jul 2014 #26

Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Jul 2014 #25

And there's more. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #29

And now we know that Snowden was telling the truth all the time. As he has said... Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #31

Precisely, Luminous Animal. n/t Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #32

Here you go. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #36

1984 blkmusclmachine Jul 2014 #34

Time for another shifting of the goalposts. JoeyT Jul 2014 #35

Yes, JoeyT… and they're counting on short attention spans... MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #43

900,000 accounts? Heck, snot Jul 2014 #46

At least now I know the REAL reason why Greenwald suddenly put his "Grand Finale" story Blue_Tires Jul 2014 #48

Anything you send over the internet is not private WestCoastLib Jul 2014 #49