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| US govt secretly collecting data on millions of Verizon users: Report |
| 2013-06-06 |
| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #19 I've yet to read a media report that actually understands what's going on. The government is using call logs, not the content of the calls, to data mine for networks. The idea being you discover potential terrorists you didn't otherwise know about. Although it can be used for pretty much anything, pedophiles, insider traders, tax evaders, etc. Trust me, it works. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2013-06-06 22:40 |
| #18 I used to have to put a foil hat on for the next statement. Perhaps they initially resisted and their workers' union started breaking the nice little company they have there. Perhaps somebody closer could clue me in, cuz unions breaking things and hurting people news didn't make it out here. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-06-06 20:29 |
| #17 John, they may be "compelled to comply," but they could have complied PUBLICLY. What, they were afraid if they said anything, they'd lose customers? This gummint would have done the same thing (and probably did) to the other providers, too, ya' know. And now, they'll lose customers anyway. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-06-06 19:26 |
| #16 Verizon said that if they received such an order from the Federal government, they would be compelled to comply. Why is it that with every scandal (Benghazi, Fast and Furious, the IRS, mass wiretapping, the AP and Fox reporter, green energy, etc.) all we get from those in this administration who are asked is everything but the truth? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-06 19:07 |
| #15 I've got Verizon cell service. Anyone got a recommendation for cell phone service other than Verizon. I've never particularly liked Verizon anyway. I realize it the fault of the current federal government. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-06 19:01 |
| #14 The Left has always denounced that act as a blot upon America's image and morality. Now, in a broad act they too have done exactly the same in spreading a wide net to find individuals. Yeah, but it was FDR who dunnit. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-06-06 18:05 |
| #13 Then I guess all those secrets getting out of secure places to China and such to pad pensions are known about also!?! |
| Posted by: Snise Cruter2274 2013-06-06 18:03 |
#12 The Left has always denounced that act as a blot upon America's image and morality. Now, in a broad act they too have done exactly the same in spreading a wide net to find individuals. They were "progressives" then, they're "progressives" now. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-06-06 14:23 |
| #11 But, but, but keeping the issue alive [less the truth] is a modern day reparations enabler. Not a great deal heard from Ms. Hobhouse and her erstwhile efforts. [sarc off] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-06 12:26 |
| #10 BTW, the release of the decoded Japanese diplomatic intercepts 50 years after the war implied that the consulates on the west coast had sympathizers among the locals. That in part was a rationale for the relocation of nearly the entire ethnic community from the region (where 90 percent of America's aircraft production was located at the time). The Left has always denounced that act as a blot upon America's image and morality. Now, in a broad act they too have done exactly the same in spreading a wide net to find individuals. Remember, as so often demonstrated, the accusations of the Left are only a warning of what they will do with power. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-06-06 12:18 |
| #9 Meet the new Stasi, same as the old Stasi |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-06-06 12:10 |
| #8 SI = Special Intelligence NOFORN = Not releasable to foreign intelligence services. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-06 10:36 |
| #7 The Unknown Patriot Who Exposed the Government's Verizon Spy Program |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-06-06 10:19 |
| #6 Impeach the Kenyan bastard. |
| Posted by: Winky Sproing5899 2013-06-06 09:56 |
| #5 White House Defends Its Wiretapping Of Millions Of US Citizens |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-06-06 09:54 |
| #4 Pretty well explains the gummit employee "secret" e-mail accounts and PM's [personal meets] vs fone or teleconference. No sense feeding your communications into the big vacuum cleaner. Yes, go ahead and drop the Chechen Boston student project you were working on. Let's kick it up a notch and go back to connecting the dots via random numbers search off the Verizon file against Tea Party activists from the last rally, see how many hits we get and take it from there. Rico, have Verizon send over account payment histories on the hits and load the local banking data, then bring the car around. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-06 04:12 |
| #3 I expect to see these new posters going up around Amerika soon.... |
| Posted by: Omoger Smith5236 2013-06-06 01:24 |
| #2 Hooah! |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-06-06 01:20 |
| #1 While I talk about nothing that would interest the government (can you pick up the kid? Sure.) The fact that they treat us all like criminals and like the population of East Communist Germany makes me madder than hell. Here is an out in the open message for you, Mr. Government listeners. Fuck you. Fuck you and the repressive forces you have come to be. Eat my ass and I'll see you later with a gun in my hand and the Declaration of Independence in the other. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-06-06 01:06 |