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I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public. President at @FreedomofPress.

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    1. David Simon‏Verified account @AoDespair 20 Mar 2016
      Replying to @Snowden

      @Snowden Can't speak to shelf-life of disposible phone in Pakistan. In Baltimore, discipline and cost are such that it can be days.

      4 replies 22 retweets 77 likes
    2. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 20 Mar 2016
      Replying to @AoDespair

      @AoDespair Fair point. My background is in intelligence, not law enforcement. Transnational terrorists aren't hurting for burners.

      2 replies 20 retweets 99 likes
    3. David Simon‏Verified account @AoDespair 20 Mar 2016
      Replying to @Snowden

      @Snowden Neither should top-end drug traffickers in the more affluent US. And yet by the time the process trickles to the corner boys....

      2 replies 19 retweets 67 likes
    4. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 20 Mar 2016
      Replying to @AoDespair

      @AoDespair Tbf, mass surveillance wasn't pitched to catch "corner boys" or even "The Greek," but on thwarting OBLs. And there, never worked.

      3 replies 40 retweets 123 likes
    5. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 20 Mar 2016
      Replying to @Snowden

      @AoDespair Commercial activities (drug sales) will always generate records that sporadic offensive operations (terrorism) will not.

      3 replies 33 retweets 105 likes
    6. David Simon‏Verified account @AoDespair 20 Mar 2016
      Replying to @Snowden

      @Snowden Differences sure. But it's remains that coms are the singular place where any conspiracy is vulnerable prior to crime. Gotta try.

      3 replies 15 retweets 49 likes
    7. David Simon‏Verified account @AoDespair 20 Mar 2016
      Replying to @AoDespair

      @Snowden I acknowledge fears of a panopticon. I wish others would also acknowledge that coms are an elemental investigative avenue.

      4 replies 16 retweets 59 likes
    8. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 20 Mar 2016
      Replying to @AoDespair

      @AoDespair Nobody argues against comms surveillance. They argue about scope. Handsets v. networks. "Collect it all" v. individual warrants.

      4 replies 55 retweets 173 likes
    9. David Simon‏Verified account @AoDespair 20 Mar 2016
      Replying to @Snowden

      @Snowden We are not equating a court order with a Title III are we? Cuz metadata has never required a full warrant. Nor should it.

      2 replies 10 retweets 31 likes
    10. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 20 Mar 2016
      Replying to @AoDespair

      @AoDespair Many disagree. And NSA gets metadata and content in advance of warrant, by virtue of tech. Only use ("targeting") is caveated.

      2 replies 23 retweets 84 likes
      Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 20 Mar 2016

      @AoDespair Lawyers and policy people are comfortable with "trust us," but the record is clear that that's a mistake.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/08/24/loveint-when-nsa-officers-use-their-spying-power-on-love-interests/ …

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        2. David Simon‏Verified account @AoDespair 20 Mar 2016
          Replying to @Snowden

          @Snowden @kansasalps My training is that of a newspaperman. All gov'ts lie, as per IF Stone. And yet they must govern nonetheless.

          6 replies 17 retweets 86 likes
        3. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 20 Mar 2016
          Replying to @AoDespair

          @AoDespair The distance between governing and ruling is measured in the capacity to exercise power without accountability. The lies matter.

          13 replies 273 retweets 367 likes
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        5. David Simon‏Verified account @AoDespair 20 Mar 2016
          Replying to @LuckyPyrate

          @LuckyPyrate @Snowden if-then proposition is flawed. Not re: criticism, but revelat'n Every gov on Earth must maintain legit sec secrets.

          1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
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        7. David Simon‏Verified account @AoDespair 20 Mar 2016
          Replying to @LuckyPyrate

          @LuckyPyrate @Snowden We are actually still waiting for first revelation of NSA data pile being used against citizens. In theory? ....

          4 replies 3 retweets 7 likes
        8. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 20 Mar 2016
          Replying to @AoDespair

          @AoDespair @LuckyPyrate With respect, this meme is not correct, and repeating it does the public a disservice. And non-USPs have rights too.

          4 replies 7 retweets 31 likes
        9. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 20 Mar 2016
          Replying to @Snowden

          @AoDespair E.g. 1) http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/us/eavesdropping-ensnared-american-law-firm.html?_r=0 … 2) https://theintercept.com/2014/07/09/under-surveillance/ … 3) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/08/24/loveint-when-nsa-officers-use-their-spying-power-on-love-interests/ … 4)https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2016/03/10/surprise-nsa-data-will-soon-routinely-be-used-for-domestic-policing-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-terrorism/ …

          4 replies 41 retweets 72 likes
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