@Swopa @emptywheel effectively concedes that yes, it was legal, and when doc says that NSA GC provided “clear guidance” allowing ...
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@Swopa@emptywheel provision of “highly useful intelligence for interested US customers,” then I think that it is honestly a bit much to...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Swopa@emptywheel be making jeering remarks about circular reasoning. There’s a gun, a clear motive, a legal rationale for using the gun...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Swopa@emptywheel and a bunch of “highly satisfied” NSA customers. Doubtless, there are possible states of the world in which NSA was ...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Swopa@emptywheel too dainty and gentlemanly to take advantage. But they are not, obviously, very likely states of the world.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@henryfarrell@emptywheel This is more or less the same reasoning anti-Snowden ideologues use to say he gave secret docs to Russia/China...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Swopa
@Swopa It is? All it involves is what the guidance would be. We know what it would be.@henryfarrell1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@emptywheel@henryfarrell You "know" it enough to say it's a possibility (even a strong one), but to assume it as fact is circular reasoning2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Swopa Almost certainly doesn't assume as fact. It points out we know what advice would be, even if US-led spying.@henryfarrell1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel@henryfarrell "Almost certainly doesn't assume as fact"?! Um, it comes pretty damn close. As a percentage, where is it, IYHO?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Swopa I assume bureaucracies follow the rules they lay out. Their rules say they spy on lawyers in this circumstance. @henryfarrell
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