@un_pellegrino Oh, that's right. Calling someone an apologist, aka "defender," noting he's CI is "impugning integrity." You prove my point!
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Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel have only heard him emphatically condemn any crime by NSA; apologist clearly bad word. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetics#Etymology … & u should know it1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @un_pellegrino
@un_pellegrino If what I said "impugns" him, then he won't stand by his existing statements, which focus on defense of agency and CI.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel issue is what lawmakers allow, mandate, fund &oversee, not (so far) loose canons at NSA; 'apologist" distorts this, deniably.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @un_pellegrino
@un_pellegrino But "apologist" is independent of what we've learned. It says only that Schindler is the most active defender on twitter.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel in academia apologist, (απολογία),="explainer." In vernacular="spinner 4 dirtbags."(Lanny Davis) Ambiguity really not good here1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @un_pellegrino
@un_pellegrino Sadly for Schindler, the NSA keeps getting caught lying badly. But maybe his call to rebrand will change that.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel politicians forbid NSA to tell all; it is politicians who fail on the job, not, or less so, civil servants who answer to them.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @un_pellegrino
@un_pellegrino Yes. But the NSA has lied, badly, about stuff that has been declassified. It's really embarrassing frankly.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel having lived in countries with brass knuckle secret police, I fear efficient ones far more than inefficient ones.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@un_pellegrino Yup. Here's to hoping the few efficient brass knuckles in localities here don't get all that data.
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