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ThatsMyBarack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 04:53 PM
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Now that we've got FISA....
How can you tell if you're being spied on?
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 04:59 PM
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1. Well, when the FBI comes to your door, asking you if you'll come with them to answer
"a few questions", you'll know your phone was tapped.
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 05:00 PM
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4. Brutal. But sadly not implausible. nt
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 05:00 PM
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2. You can't
And - any information they obtain can be used to convict you for anything.

Nowhere in the bill does it state that the spying must only pertain to Antiterrorism efforts.
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ThatsMyBarack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 05:02 PM
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7. Thus packing the already-overcrowded prison system....
Full of many people who have never harmed anyone.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 05:06 PM
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8. Just google Rex 84
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 05:00 PM
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3. Say something Gitmo-worthy


and see what happens.

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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 05:02 PM
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5. assume that everything you do is logged
and you'll be right more than 90% of the time. :grr:
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kpominville Donating Member (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 05:02 PM
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6. You see one of these going up in your city.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 05:07 PM
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9. you are being spied on
there is no "whether" for any of us.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 05:09 PM
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10. One of the geniuses of this bill is that it will be even harder to tell
or detect since it will be done more enmasse as opposed to the previous legal and Constitutional way of having to be specific.
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