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To: skinowski who wrote (14369)7/24/2013 9:04:12 AM
From: DMaA3 Recommendations

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Hoa Hao
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Tom Clarke

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It was a different country in Ellseberg's day. Now the Federal Government is as likely to shoot you as try you.



To: skinowski who wrote (14369)7/24/2013 9:40:25 AM
From: Follies2 Recommendations

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Tom Clarke

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Maybe Snowden didn't want to end up like Hastings.



To: skinowski who wrote (14369)7/24/2013 10:31:27 AM
From: unclewest7 Recommendations

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Brian Sullivan
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Hoa Hao
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Most of the data secretly collected by NSA is of no strategic value…yet some of it could still be improperly used against individuals and apparently has.

I think the senior govt and NSA officials who perjured themselves lying to us about this data collection are reprehensible.

I think Snowden did us a favor - directly and indirectly.



To: skinowski who wrote (14369)7/24/2013 7:09:12 PM
From: Tom Clarke  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 125307
 
Ellsberg was free to travel the country, doing speaking engagements, appearing on TV, etc. Do you really think authorities would allow that today? Of course not. Snowden would have gotten the Bradley Manning treatment, locked up in isolation until his day in court.