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    Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 12 Oct 2015

    Ask yourself: at every point in history, who suffers the most from unjustified surveillance? It is not the privileged, but the vulnerable.

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      2. Ⓐ subversive☭‏ @MindDetonat0r 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden fascism starts with attacks on fringe groups and minorities.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. Joseph Gordon Dant‏ @JoGoDant 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @MindDetonat0r

        @MindDetonat0r @Snowden "First they came for the fringe groups and minorities, and I said nothing"

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      1. IamAristotle‏ @Aristotle1865 13 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden True& That's Why #DoD Refers To Its TargetedExperimentees ie #SingleWomen, The #Disabled & WBs As 'Vulnerable Subjects' @ggreenwald

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      1. Jefferey Jaxen‏ @JeffereyJaxen 14 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden #GlobalCitizen & #GlobalGoals Have MEGA Surveillance baked into the cake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocdF9LJnSNs …

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      1. Jeff Nelson‏ @_jeff_nelson 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden What's the most secure smartphone? #infosec #Android #apple #ios #Googlehttps://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-most-secure-cell-phone …

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      1. Vijay Thakkar‏ @vikingthakkar 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden This is true for all aspects and not just surveillance. In any big crime, the small fish (we call rhem #ChindhiChors) suffer most.

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      1. Craig Vachon [son of immigrants]‏ @c_ster 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden Freedom and innovation are enabled by #privacy . Keep fighting the good fight Sir.

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      1.  ✨Laura LaRue ✨‏ @LaLaRueFrench75 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

         ✨Laura LaRue ✨ Retweeted  ✨Laura LaRue ✨

        @Snowden #Twitter's now locking links.1st it re-directed this #CDCwhistleblower link, now it blocking us frm postinghttps://twitter.com/lalaruefrench75/status/653710944468504576 …

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         ✨Laura LaRue ✨ @LaLaRueFrench75
        #Censorship #News: https://twitter.com/lalaruefrench75/status/651543001517264896 … #Twitter STILL has that #CDCwhistleblower article-link on lockdown. pic.twitter.com/IfvqxDYU0c
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      2. FrankenTracy  🧟‍♀️‏ @tracygarza 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden what would you consider "justified" surveillance, exactly?

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      1. Paul Niland‏ @PaulNiland 12 Oct 2015
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        Paul Niland Retweeted Edward Snowden

        Says the man living in #Russia. Really. Without irony. Russian surveillance on citizens is absolute. https://twitter.com/snowden/status/653705501381947393 … @Snowden

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        Edward SnowdenVerified account @Snowden
        Ask yourself: at every point in history, who suffers the most from unjustified surveillance? It is not the privileged, but the vulnerable.
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      1. Dͥvͤhͥ ދިވެހި  🇲🇻‏ @dhiv3hi 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden Look its the same in the Maldives, the capital Male' is full of CCTV but nothing is recorded if it is a case of a poor person!

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      1. Dave‏ @OZthecheesehead 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden that question is too long. At any point in history, who suffers the most: the privileged or the vulnerable?

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      2. elgen bob‏ @KVERNVOLLEN 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden ask yourself: would i be getting this freedom of speech if it was putin i were telling the truth about? . a fiddle will be fiddled

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. KRWIII‏ @LFCKRWIII 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden @spacetards How? Does the NSA really hurt innocent people or care if they wear pink underwear?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Tardigrades in Space‏ @spacetards 13 Oct 2015
        Replying to @LFCKRWIII

        @LFCKRWIII @Snowden do you really trust any western government to only do good with the info they collect?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. KRWIII‏ @LFCKRWIII 13 Oct 2015
        Replying to @spacetards

        @spacetards @Snowden Give me an example of how someone underprivileged, a regular citizen is harmed by the NSA? I'm just curious?

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Tardigrades in Space‏ @spacetards 13 Oct 2015
        Replying to @LFCKRWIII

        @LFCKRWIII @Snowden they cdfind out if people are planning to gather to protest and then plant agent provocateurs to discredit the protest

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Coranzoncito Mamá de Balam‏ @Foretklauw 16 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        RT@Snowden A lo largo de la historia ¿quién sufre+Por la vigilancia injustificada?NO los privilegiados, sino los vulnerables @kmirandalondon

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