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[felix rex]

This is more the impression I have.

BTW, I finally read the Friedman and Sullivan pieces on this. They're both clearer (and more concise) than me. And I get what michcat was driving at now.

[felix rex]

I honestly think the dude is not just full of crap, but a little unbalanced.

NPR's Mark Memmot reports Carrie Cordero, the director of national securities studies at Georgetown University Law Center, spoke with Steve Henn on NPR's Morning Edition on Wednesday and told Henn "the notion that this individual has the authority to go ahead and ... 'wiretap' people is just ridiculous."

Cordero didn't go into detail on how surveillance programs work, but she said Snowden's assertion "does not resemble anything close to what I observed within the intelligence community."

[sonofdaxjones]

I honestly think the dude is not just full of crap, but a little unbalanced.

NPR's Mark Memmot reports Carrie Cordero, the director of national securities studies at Georgetown University Law Center, spoke with Steve Henn on NPR's Morning Edition on Wednesday and told Henn "the notion that this individual has the authority to go ahead and ... 'wiretap' people is just ridiculous."

Cordero didn't go into detail on how surveillance programs work, but she said Snowden's assertion "does not resemble anything close to what I observed within the intelligence community."

While that may very well be true in the case of one individual (Snowden) . . . it's a fool's errand to try and dismiss the notion that an entity like the NSA isn't capable of scooping up every phone call/email etc. etc and isn't capable of taping into almost any call any time they want.   If someone is dismissive of this, they are showing ignorance of the modern telecommunications network.   Fiber optic capacity, massive core switching capabilities, VoIP and the ability to re-route (survive) on the fly has allowed telecommunications companies to consolidate traffic into fewer Core Switching Centers.   Making it much easier for an entity like the NSA with it's massive data mining capabilities to tap into those network cores and scoop up just about anything they want, and to if they so desire, listen to just about anything they want and read just about anything they want.   

[felix rex]

I honestly kinda think Snowden was just a paranoid dude who saw some orientation slides and went sideways.

[felix rex]

China Daily (lol at how much China is loving this. Good for them):

[CNS]

I used to get my neighbor's convos on my baby monitor often and by accident.  I am not with the NSA or CIA.

[felix rex]

Monster ^

[CNS]

I was simply keeping them safe in preventing terrorist attacks.  Worked too.  Justified.

[kstatefreak42]

I used to get my neighbor's convos on my baby monitor often and by accident.  I am not with the NSA or CIA.

And

[CNS]

I used to get my neighbor's convos on my baby monitor often and by accident.  I am not with the NSA or CIA.

And

I was simply keeping them safe in preventing terrorist attacks.  Worked too.  Justified.

[kstatefreak42]

nice

[ChiComCat]

I honestly kinda think Snowden was just a paranoid dude who saw some orientation slides and went sideways.

This is basically my take.  Saw the overview and bailed before the day 4 slides explaining the pain in the ass details of it all.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

You know you're mumped when China is mocking you as being a police state.

Thanks, Nazi dem apologist hypocrite assholes.

[felix rex]

It annoys me when the press keeps calling him a "former CIA undercover operative". He was IT at an embassy for a CIA office there. But they make it sound like he was James Bonding all over Europe.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

It annoys me when the press keeps calling him a "former CIA undercover operative". He was IT at an embassy for a CIA office there. But they make it sound like he was James Bonding all over Europe.

It seems that most of our CIA operatives (read SS for the Nazi demigod Obama) anymore are in fact IT guys.

[CNS]

Guys, I heard that most spies are undercover as embassy employees.   

[felix rex]

Guys, I heard that most spies are undercover as embassy employees.   

That sounds like bullshit. Link?

[felix rex]

This will be interesting:

He said the NSA is “going through a major auditing” of materials to which Snow­den had access, seeking answers about how he was able to obtain a classified Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order and other records that should have been beyond his reach as a systems administrator.

[CNS]

This will be interesting:

He said the NSA is “going through a major auditing” of materials to which Snow­den had access, seeking answers about how he was able to obtain a classified Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order and other records that should have been beyond his reach as a systems administrator.

James Bonding all over that audit!

[scottwildcat]

This will be interesting:

He said the NSA is “going through a major auditing” of materials to which Snow­den had access, seeking answers about how he was able to obtain a classified Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order and other records that should have been beyond his reach as a systems administrator.

James Bonding all over that audit!

 

[OK_Cat]

i like how fake sugar dick is putting the government on blast when undercover brother Felix Rex is reading everything and marking his name down on a big rough ridin' list.

t&p's, fsd.

[Kat Kid]

The U.S. Army response to Snowden?  No access to the Guardian website by soldiers on posts and FOB.  Good grief.  What a bunch of pussies.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

i like how fake sugar dick is putting the government on blast when undercover brother Felix Rex is reading everything and marking his name down on a big rough ridin' list.

t&p's, fsd.

Okcat not only embraces the police state, he's a cheerleader for it.

Probably wears Obastika "hope & change" bloomers

[OK_Cat]

  <---- except with an "Obastika" or whatever

[michigancat]

oh man, "Obastika" is great.