Make backups. Use multiple cloud services. My guess is they were complient because they did have these things backed up and were thinking silently to themselves: Cameron go fornicate with yourself.
Aide: Sorry sir. One of the older supreme court justices wandered off again.
Prez: Damn, the last time this happened we found him half nude bathing in a public foutain while singing God bless America. Do you know how much trouble that was to cover up?
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Okay. I can see how the SWAT team not taking the side of the 911 caller and forcing McDonald's to correct his order may have been a better use of police time.
However, what about this?
By no stretch of the imagination does 20 million queries per month == targeted information gathering. Plain and simple this is indiscriminate data-mining. There is no legitimate argument to the contrary.
I worked for a health insurance company. And on occasion we would have to query the raw data for a patient's prescription history. We only did this when an issue came up or we were performing an audit. Even then there were strict guidelines for how we were to perform a search. This was to protect the privacy of everyone.
For example: If we had a first and last name but no social security number. We were forbidden from doing a search unless we also had their zip code of residence. The searches were to be exact and targeted as possible; which if you care about privacy is how things should be.
This broad untargeted data-mining by the NSA is astounding. Makes me sick.
The challenge of course is finding a voice. If you don't have any influence or a way of reaching a large audience in an engaging way you may as well be an old man yelling at the cloud.
If you are going to publicly defend a program and are the President of the United States then you better damn well do your homework and find out what you are defending. Make sure you have a platform of truth. Otherwise stuff like this just might bite you in the butt later on.
9/11 - Patriot Act (plus a bunch of other controlling legislation)
Boston Marathon bombing - Police State in Boston
Sandy Hook - Calls for gun control
Child Porn - Government "Active Choice" which isn't a choice.
14yr old Suicide - Internet control and moderation
I could go on. Anytime there is an emotionally charged issue that can be perceived as a problem that the Government is called on to "do something" we end up with less freedom and more Government powers.
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Call to the cloud
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The times and woes of Obama
Prez: Damn, the last time this happened we found him half nude bathing in a public foutain while singing God bless America. Do you know how much trouble that was to cover up?
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Once again the UK is nothing more than the US lapdog
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Ten years from now
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Re: Re: This is worse than McDonald's getting your order wrong
However, what about this?
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This is worse than McDonald's getting your order wrong
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In related news
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WHERE last_name like 'Snowde%'
FTFY
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Holy Crap that's quite a bit of data mining
For example: If we had a first and last name but no social security number. We were forbidden from doing a search unless we also had their zip code of residence. The searches were to be exact and targeted as possible; which if you care about privacy is how things should be.
This broad untargeted data-mining by the NSA is astounding. Makes me sick.
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Re: Re: Democracy, Anyone?
On the post: Simple Question: How Could President Obama Not Know That Ed Snowden Had The IG Report That Showed Widespread NSA Abuse?
Re: Its called secrecy.
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Oh incidentally...
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Copyright Nazi's
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Never let a serious crisis go to waste
Boston Marathon bombing - Police State in Boston
Sandy Hook - Calls for gun control
Child Porn - Government "Active Choice" which isn't a choice.
14yr old Suicide - Internet control and moderation
I could go on. Anytime there is an emotionally charged issue that can be perceived as a problem that the Government is called on to "do something" we end up with less freedom and more Government powers.
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Apparently Obama can use a Vulcan Mind Trick
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Gravy Train isn't going to stop
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We live is scary times
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One other problem is proliferation of African Killer Bees
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