Edward Snowden’s Real Impact

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Post by d4ft » Tue, Aug 20, 2013, 12:57 PM UTC

Edward Snowden’s Real Impact
newyorker.com

Re: Edward Snowden’s Real Impact

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Post by logical42 » Tue, Aug 20, 2013, 3:41 PM UTC

Nice try NSA.

Re: Edward Snowden’s Real Impact

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Post by michaelwww » Tue, Aug 20, 2013, 3:57 PM UTC

He's writing in the New Yorker. New York City is still widely considered to be the #1 terror target and the New Yorker magazine knows what it's readers will probably want to hear.

Re: Edward Snowden’s Real Impact

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Post by squozzer » Tue, Aug 20, 2013, 5:04 PM UTC

"[T]here is no doubt about the nature of China and Russia."

Forgive my indolence, but I'm not that worried about the nature of China and Russia -- I can read a history book, assuming anything in them is true.

I worry about the nature of the United States of America. Either we respect the rights of our citizens or we do not. Either we have controls in place or we do not. Either we have an appropriate level of transparency into government operations or we do not.

And if we do not, then why did we bother breaking away from Great Britain?

Re: Edward Snowden’s Real Impact

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Post by pkinsky » Tue, Aug 20, 2013, 5:33 PM UTC

This is ridiculous, are people still claiming that no illegality was revealed by Snowden? If nothing else, we have Clapper's admitted lie to Congress.