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    Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 12 Oct 2015

    Surveillance is not about safety, it's about power. It's about control. http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/07/06/report-9-out-10-caught-nsa-dragnet-are-ordinary-people …pic.twitter.com/f7wD0YHmTQ

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      2. Vijay Thakkar‏ @vikingthakkar 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden You look for reason 'for' it, you find it. Look for 'against' it, you find it.

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Mrcandleguy‏ @Mr_Candleguy 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @vikingthakkar

        @vikingthakkar @Snowden treating everyone like a criminal to find the few is never the answer. Privacy is my own.

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Vijay Thakkar‏ @vikingthakkar 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Mr_Candleguy

        @Mr_Candleguy Surveillance is not treating one like criminal. It's the serving process to separate criminals from non. @Snowden

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Mrcandleguy‏ @Mr_Candleguy 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @vikingthakkar

        @vikingthakkar @Snowden it's a guilty till proven innocent system. I should be able to live my life in private. That's a right.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      6. Vijay Thakkar‏ @vikingthakkar 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Mr_Candleguy

        @Mr_Candleguy U r not guilty unless u r guilty. Surveillance don't make u guilty. Stop indulging in self pity. @Snowden

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Mrcandleguy‏ @Mr_Candleguy 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @vikingthakkar

        @vikingthakkar @Snowden I never said it makes me guilty. I said it treats everyone as IF they were guilty.

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      1. StopIsraelApartheid‏ @NadineLumley 17 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        .@Snowden I thought all the spying was so Harper could do favours for the oil companies in exchange for CON party donations, perqs, etc.

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      1. ethan serone‏ @nine11inreverse 16 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        no shit Sherlock @Snowden...

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      2. Electrospaces‏ @electrospaces 13 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden Always? Everywhere? Or are there variations? Or what exactly is "surveillance"...?

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      3. (GO  🐧 🐧 🐧 🐧 GO)‏ @Glitchy_Ashburn 13 Oct 2015
        Replying to @electrospaces

        @electrospaces @Snowden Don't expect any real details or elaboration -- Vague, bland platitudes are their milieu.

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      1. William Owen‏ @Bill_Owen 14 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden @mode23 Or as I ask, if you don't care about privacy, then why do you wear pants?

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      1. constitutionwalk‏ @The1770Impact 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden @GreeGreece @peter124u @democracy_4sale @DavidPaulWagner

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      1. daz boot‏ @FacileTalk 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden Please have a Welsh son and call him 'Mount'. For a laugh like.

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      2. Harlokee‏ @empressfeetbook 24 Nov 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden @anon99percenter typical human primitive in its best and for EveryThing ALL or NOTHING ever heard of MODERATION boys?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Animal Helper  🌐‏ @cheetahsoul 24 Nov 2015
        Replying to @empressfeetbook

        @KISSYOURGUN @Snowden Moderation when it comes to human rights, Moderation when it comes 2 protecting innocents, is foreign to me.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Harlokee‏ @empressfeetbook 24 Nov 2015
        Replying to @cheetahsoul

        @anon99percenter @Snowden surveillance is something that you need though,as a mother with her toddler,a nurse with patients in a hospital

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Harlokee‏ @empressfeetbook 24 Nov 2015
        Replying to @empressfeetbook

        @anon99percenter @Snowden prisonners in a jail cell having bombed somewhere,government people on so many levels,scholars of a young age

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Animal Helper  🌐‏ @cheetahsoul 24 Nov 2015
        Replying to @empressfeetbook

        @KISSYOURGUN @Snowden Ppl who kill innocents...whether the innocents are kids, women, or animals, would not live long in a Country I ran.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7. Harlokee‏ @empressfeetbook 24 Nov 2015
        Replying to @cheetahsoul

        @anon99percenter @Snowden people who kill are either insane or on a raging vengeance as their engine, killing brings death and no answers

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      2. Kelly Barham‏ @PtriotofAlabama 22 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden @rickyraper2014 Excellent analogy.

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