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05-13-2015, 08:50 AM

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05-13-2015, 08:52 AM

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05-13-2015, 09:24 AM

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Well, I have a potential job coming up here. My wife's sister works at a warehouse, and she's helping to get me a job.

05-13-2015, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by WhrDLMI' timestamp='1431531389' post='23611455

[quote name='Zeke' timestamp='1431530568' post='23611425']

they don't care if one of your employees flees to Russia and exposes all your dirty laundry.

Who would do such a thing?

P.S. He went to China first.

What he was exposing is what America wanted after 911. If you want to make sure that will never happen again, you will have to surrender some of your freedoms. So, your buddy shows how many of those freedoms were surrendered, and the world is like OMG WTF! THEY TAPPING OUR PHONES!?!??! THIS WILL NOT DO!!!!
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I do not agree with your assessment and I think you are missing a few key points. First and foremost, what HE-WHO-SHALL-NOT-BE-NAMED released was taken out of context and was really very inaccurate. Secondly, what was being done was never outside the law and the scope that was given to the agency by the Executive Branch. In short, no laws were ever broken.

I will agree that the backlash did come from the realization that things were being done that the average joe did not understand but I would argue that was more because of the lack of understanding of the average joe than of the "sudden" realization that certain activities were happening.

Just my $.02.

05-13-2015, 09:38 AM

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Honestly, what Nixon did during his presidency was much worse. His way of thinking was,"I am the president, I am allowed to do what I want, without any repercussions". The only problem was, he tapped himself, and we all know what happened there.