Yes, Paul is being inflammatory. But yes, you are totally incorrect abt unmasking and back door searches.
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Loose terminology leads to fuzzy concepts leads to *more* fake news. Want justice and accuracy both sides of aisle.
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Great! Then journalists should not affirmatively misinform when they try to refute inflammatory language.
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And so should you. Rand clearly was implying that warrantless "wiretapping" already targeted Trump, and "other" candidates.
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Replying to @okanogen2010 @Bwonk_Bwonk and
Rand was linking through to piece about back door searches. I absolutely agree it is inflammatory to call that "wiretapping," even w/quotes
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But it is also the case that claim Gov needs warrant to do what Paul linked to (and thereby was talking about) is utterly false.
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But Paul linked to an unmasking article and was talking about warrantless wiretapping on candidates. So he is the one making false claims.
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Replying to @emptywheel @Bwonk_Bwonk and
Look. I followed your link to your article as directed (you are welcome for the click), and it describes meta-data collection and use. 1/
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Metadata collection and use IS NOT WARRANTLESS WIRETAPPING. It is problematic, I grant, but not what Senator Tinfoil was talking about.
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I know you badly want that not to be the case but NSA did 1000s of back door searches last year.
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Replying to @emptywheel @Bwonk_Bwonk and
I don't badly want a damn thing about this except for clear description of what you claim.
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