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    Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 12 Jan 2017

    Context: NSA's EO 12333 surveillance occurs without warrants or court approval. Now, domestic agencies get it raw. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/nsa-gets-more-latitude-to-share-intercepted-communications.html …pic.twitter.com/UuUEFchuXw

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      2. NewsAsylum.com‏ @NewsAsylumCom 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Snowden

        I find it amazing that the US is focusing on "who" hacked rather than "what" was revealed...

        2 replies 14 retweets 47 likes
      3. kevin cavanaugh‏ @cavanaugh44 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @NewsAsylumCom @Snowden

        its all about the whistleblower, not the sound eminating from the whistle. so wrong in so many ways!

        1 reply 2 retweets 8 likes
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      2. Ralph Lebonowitz‏ @RLebonowitz 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Snowden

        Didn't we fight England after 1776 to stop unwarranted searches of people's homes and papers? Are we now the redcoats?

        1 reply 3 retweets 6 likes
      3. Douglas‏ @DesScorp 13 Jan 2017
        Replying to @RLebonowitz @sweatybuttcrack @Snowden

        Redcoats? We're Imperial Rome now. Waaaaay beyond Redcoats.

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Disidente‏ @Disidente_2000 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Snowden

        Yet Obama counts "curtailing surveillance" as one of HIS achievements. All you. Thank YOU Ed! You are heroic. #PardonSnowden

        1 reply 3 retweets 28 likes
      3. Ouroboros‏ @TheLore77 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Disidente_2000 @Snowden

        My biggest disappointment regarding Obama...his expansion of surveillance & his handling of u Ed, & Manning #heroes

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Disidente‏ @Disidente_2000 13 Jan 2017
        Replying to @TheLore77 @Snowden

        Yes he is a joke

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Jon Hudson‏ @_Desmoden 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Snowden

        @sparkycollier I hope everyone realizes this is a reaction to fix the current issue of the NSA being pulled into the election hack.

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Mark Collier‏Verified account @sparkycollier 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @_Desmoden @Snowden

        seems like it could have many unitended consequences that aren't so good

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Jon Hudson‏ @_Desmoden 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sparkycollier @Snowden

        oh my goodness yes! But the more powerful a tool for Good is, the more dangerous it is in the "Wrong" hands :-/

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Ellah-Ween‏ @Ellahbie 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @_Desmoden @sparkycollier @Snowden

        Wrong changes at the whim of money.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      6. Jon Hudson‏ @_Desmoden 13 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Ellahbie @sparkycollier @Snowden

        don't get your point. How is money related?

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Turi‏ @LarsSchuFa 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Snowden

        .@Snowden A parting gift for Trump? Or just plain stupid?

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. macoli2002‏ @lillybell68 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @LarsSchuFa

        parting gift!

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Maggie Osterberg‏ @mosterberged 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Snowden

        .@Snowden Imagine the hard-on this would have given the Stasi.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Temur‏ @itstemur 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @mosterberged @Snowden

        exKGB's are crying from envy.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Maggie Osterberg‏ @mosterberged 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @itstemur @Snowden

        I'm sure the FSR is taking notes.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Temur‏ @itstemur 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @mosterberged @Snowden

        good old Vladi and "United Russia" are already scribing a new law. Better than the "host only on RF territory one"

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Joy Anderson‏ @surealmothergoo 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Snowden

        Let us not underestimate "Big Brother" who not only watches&lstens 2 our every move but compiles profiles on all w/data mining....

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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