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2022-10-09 -Land of the Free

Surveillance State USA… Biden quietly unleashes spymasters in dramatic Executive Order…

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Posted by 746 2022-10-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Yes, they're illegally spying on us. Now they're going full-on mask off and making it legal. What are you going to do about it? Eh, punk?

Posted by Spike the Hairy6811 2022-10-09 03:25|| 2022-10-09 03:25|| Front Page Top

#2 They aren’t making it legal. They merely formalized the illegal thing they’ve been doing for years, but that doesn’t make it legal. Executive orders are overruled by both new laws passed by Congress and by Supreme Court rulings, so I know what I’m going to do next month to get those processes started.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-10-09 03:45|| 2022-10-09 03:45|| Front Page Top

But, but but a truly effective Police State must have an active surveillance program.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-10-09 06:10|| 2022-10-09 06:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Я не знаю. Я просто работаю здесь. Я русский турист. Я не понимаю.

Posted by Mercutio 2022-10-09 08:33|| 2022-10-09 08:33|| Front Page Top

#5 "I don't know. I just work here. I am a Russian tourist. I do not understand."

Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-09 08:51|| 2022-10-09 08:51|| Front Page Top

#6 #3 Fair point.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-10-09 10:53|| 2022-10-09 10:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Russkies! That’s it: blame the Russkies

Posted by Chaim 2022-10-09 15:20|| 2022-10-09 15:20|| Front Page Top

#8 It first got really bad in the 1990s with Al Gore's invasive laws like the CALEA wiretap law.

Posted by 3dc 2022-10-09 23:28|| 2022-10-09 23:28|| Front Page Top

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