@KenDilanianLAT you can't write that piece w/o mentioning the NSA once *could* do whatever it wanted, and the insane abuses that followed
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@trevortimm Are you talking about the 60s and 70s, or 2001-7?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@trevortimm Disagree. We need to exorcise the ghosts of Watergate, COINTELPRO, etc. Nobody would dare, and if they did, they'd get caught.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@KenDilanianLAT But the piece was about if there were no laws. If there were no laws, someone would no doubt dare.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@trevortimm Is there mass media in this thought experiment? Because even without laws, they would suffer. ie: http://www.businessinsider.com/nsa-recruiters-grilled-by-wisconsin-students-2013-7 …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@KenDilanianLAT Even though the Bush admin ignored many laws, Cheney still wanted the NSA to go farther, but they wouldn't.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@kendilanianlat Is it really out of the realm of possibility someone like Cheney wouldn't abuse the system if literally no laws stopped him?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@trevortimm no, but I'm just saying it would become public eventually and would not be tolerated.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@KenDilanianLAT Maybe eventually, but 2001 NSA stuff took four years to become public. Secrets can last long enough to do real damage.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@trevortimm We still don't know what April 2, 2004 mod to Cheney programm is, do we? @KenDilanianLAT @marcambinder @Krhawkins5
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