Remember, these are the same agencies that were certain that Saddam had "Weapons of Mass Destruction" which was supposed to justify the Iraq war.
Or, to put it another way, they make up whatever s**t they want and expect everyone to believe them. Can't check their sources, can you?
Governmental Intelligence is a stupid idea as well as an oxymoron. The government doesn't do anything correctly without checks and balances. Hell, they do very little correctly WITH checks and balaces.
How could anyone, especially the agents on the ground, not see this as totalitarian tactics?
No wonder the Ex-CIA/NSA boss is so psychotic. They have set up themselves as the "guards" of the world, with everyone else in the world as the "prisoners" in a huge "jail" game.
Yes, absolutely. He didn't look around at a state overly interested in controlling the populace at the expense of their civil rights. Police brutality is totally unheard of in the UK.
The UK is a shining example of a total lack of governmental abuse of it populace.
For those who are unaware of the British Upper Class, please see Monty Python: Upper Class Twit of the Year
Pippa is well within the intellect of her peers. And office supplies.
They've already cleared the copyright hurdles making the previous movie. Less weirdness coming out of the woodwork, like Roger Dean suing James Cameron/Avatar over copyright of the concept of "floating islands".
I agree. There is a segment of the US population that believe that there should be a "ruling" class called the "government." The "rulers" utilize the revolving door between government jobs and executive private sector jobs, while the "ruled" empower the "rulers" by accepting and encouraging this behavior, often genuinely believing that the "rulers" deserve this preference, while others of the "ruled" support the system in the hopes of becoming one of the "rulers".
There is a name that the players often use to describe this game that they play: Patriotism.
I say that, in a country where the people are supposed to rule, that this game is the very antithesis of Patriotism.
The question you need to ask is, "Who actually wants DRM?" The answer is: the declining tech companies. Those would include, but not be limited to, IBM, Microsoft, and Apple. They can all use DRM to leverage users and other companies to prop them up. Oh, you want to keep the movies you think you bought? Well, that means you have to buy our software and use it on our hardware. No transfers, or our legal department chews you up and spits you out.
See? DRM is a lovely tool for vendor lock-in, and not much else.
You forgot the flip-side.
Flagged by another government as a terrorist? No one tells anyone about it.
Make terristic comments on an Jihadist web site? All is cool. The NSA knows who you are, but they need to get to "the big guys" so they leave you alone.
The idiots in the government are too wrapped up with the "big arrest" that makes national news. They totally avoid opportunites to warn local authorities and communities about the possible threats in their midst, while law enforcement overreacts to the little they are alerted to.
Has anyone ever looked into the average IQ and education of a law-enforcement officer? The 3 that I know barely passed High School, and one became an FBI agent!
It could be that the reason that the police seem so stupid is because, well, they are.
Could it be that another whistleblower had documents to distribute on the server, and the destruction of the documents was one of the main goals, or at least a nice plus?
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
Or, to put it another way, they make up whatever s**t they want and expect everyone to believe them. Can't check their sources, can you?
Governmental Intelligence is a stupid idea as well as an oxymoron. The government doesn't do anything correctly without checks and balances. Hell, they do very little correctly WITH checks and balaces.
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WTF?
No wonder the Ex-CIA/NSA boss is so psychotic. They have set up themselves as the "guards" of the world, with everyone else in the world as the "prisoners" in a huge "jail" game.
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Re: Re: Re: There's not an either: the NSA is not going to be perturbed.
Even a stopped clock is correct twice a day.
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The UK is a shining example of a total lack of governmental abuse of it populace.
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Drones again?
I think you guys have watched the terminator series one time too many.
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Seriously, you hold up the UK as a symbol of freedom and privacy? FYI, it was NOT a coincidence that George Orwell based 1984 there.
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Prolly the same ass who gave out the Asiana pilot names.
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Cultural Reference
Pippa is well within the intellect of her peers. And office supplies.
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Comment II - The Sequel
They've already cleared the copyright hurdles making the previous movie. Less weirdness coming out of the woodwork, like Roger Dean suing James Cameron/Avatar over copyright of the concept of "floating islands".
Nice to see copyright encouraging originality.
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Carl Sagan
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There is a name that the players often use to describe this game that they play: Patriotism.
I say that, in a country where the people are supposed to rule, that this game is the very antithesis of Patriotism.
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In reality, we have crackpots with access to fertilizer, planes, and pressure-cookers.
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Who wants DRM?
See? DRM is a lovely tool for vendor lock-in, and not much else.
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G.W.G.
Or maybe Bonzo. Bedtime, Bonzo!
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Flagged by another government as a terrorist? No one tells anyone about it.
Make terristic comments on an Jihadist web site? All is cool. The NSA knows who you are, but they need to get to "the big guys" so they leave you alone.
The idiots in the government are too wrapped up with the "big arrest" that makes national news. They totally avoid opportunites to warn local authorities and communities about the possible threats in their midst, while law enforcement overreacts to the little they are alerted to.
Has anyone ever looked into the average IQ and education of a law-enforcement officer? The 3 that I know barely passed High School, and one became an FBI agent!
It could be that the reason that the police seem so stupid is because, well, they are.
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Why destroy evidence?
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