Any time a government agency says "national security", an immediate investigation by reporters and non-government officials is to be launched to see why it's considered that.
The mere fact that they want to over-ride the Supreme Court of the United States, which is supposed to decide U.S. law, is more than enough reason to boycott their stuff for the rest of time.
Even if they get convicted of violating the CFAA, any bets that the most punishment they'll have to face is just a suspended sentence that makes them stay at home?
I mean, it's not like they did something like download lots and lots of files at once that got a university mad at them and then the University helped an Attorney General, who should have been fired already, mercilessly prosecute the CIA members until some of them commit suicide.
Nope, they just spied on Congress, a far more minor crime.
So, my question is...
Are the leaders of the CIA, FBI and NSA possessed by J. Edgar Hoover's ghost or something?
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Stand your ground laws...
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Sweet!
They can't use hidden cameras to photograph you, because it might break this law!
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Wait...
...
If that's the case, I've got a 300+ chapter story to publish!
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Re: Re: Here's one who earned it
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Sweet!
It's Taco hunting season!
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So...
Give up?
When the java dries up.
On the post: More Details Revealed Concerning CIA's Spying On Senate Intelligence Committee
Re: Re: So...
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New Rule!
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And this is why...
The mere fact that they want to over-ride the Supreme Court of the United States, which is supposed to decide U.S. law, is more than enough reason to boycott their stuff for the rest of time.
On the post: Supreme Court Takes A Pass On Challenging Legality Of Government Surveillance Programs
*Sigh*
On the post: More Details Revealed Concerning CIA's Spying On Senate Intelligence Committee
Re: CFAA
On the post: More Details Revealed Concerning CIA's Spying On Senate Intelligence Committee
So...
I mean, it's not like they did something like download lots and lots of files at once that got a university mad at them and then the University helped an Attorney General, who should have been fired already, mercilessly prosecute the CIA members until some of them commit suicide.
Nope, they just spied on Congress, a far more minor crime.
So, my question is...
Are the leaders of the CIA, FBI and NSA possessed by J. Edgar Hoover's ghost or something?
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The problem with being invincible...
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Does this mean...
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Re:
On the post: Keith Alexander's Big Idea: What If The NSA Just Collected Phone Data On Suspected Terrorists?
Wait...
He might actually be a HUMAN after all?
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Awesome...
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Re: Face it. THe old internet is finished.
It's happening, it will happen.
Either that or someone's going to get into power and throw the whole alphabet soup of spying agencies out the window.
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God... Fucking... Dammit...
Anyone up for leaving this place and letting these asshats destroy each other?
On the post: Peek-A-Boo: GCHQ Has Been Checking You Out Through Your Webcam
A ha!
It was the government!
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