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wheelerwj on July 24, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Congress Must Act After US Government Admits To Wa...

This has been a weird week for personal privacy.

NSA insider reveals NSA has a file on ALL us citizens.

NSA admits to warrantless wiretapping.

NYTimes admits that all news orgs allow government censorship of media.

I mean, what kind of world do people think we really live in?

meric on July 24, 2012 | [–]

Once those things come true, stories like http://www.stewwebb.com/GOP_using_Echelon_software_to_spy_on... no longer seem so loony after all.

jahmed on July 25, 2012 | | [–]

Wait I missed the NYT story. Link or title?

edit: found it http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/us/politics/latest-word-on...

hopefully on July 24, 2012 | [–]

Don't forget "NSA dude is going to speak at DEFCON".

http://defcon.org/html/defcon-20/dc-20-speakers.html#Alexand...

I mean, the nerve.

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