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| Government |
| Snowden makes NSA look bad. |
| 2014-02-12 |
| [Chicago Tribune] Writer Steve Chapman asks a provocative question. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Go ahead. Prove the gubbamint has not prevented elephants - or terrorist attacks. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-02-12 14:56 |
| #5 Old joke. A man is standing on a corner leaning against a lamplight. Another man walks up and asks "what are you doing?" The first man says "I'm keeping elephants away." The second man says "There are no elephants within a thousand miles of here." The first man says "See what a good job I'm doing." |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-02-12 10:42 |
| #4 Because what is not seen...? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-02-12 10:36 |
| #3 Safety is a catch all excuse for bad/stupid/evil legislation. Child abuse/terrorists is the catch all excuse for any overreach of the police power. Yes, there are bad people out there. Please stop using them as an excuse for taking away the rights of people who are not bad. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2014-02-12 09:51 |
| #2 IIRC in Congressional testimony they couldn't cite one instance of averting a terrorist attack simply based upon their sources. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-02-12 08:43 |
| #1 The security agencies claim they pursue some 5,000 leads a day while preventing any major terrorist attack in the United States since 9/11. How do we know what has been prevented and at what price? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-02-12 07:59 |