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21. The Boston Marathon bombings were solved by people's cell

Mon Jun 17, 2013, 01:48 PM

Jun 2013

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phone photos and old fashioned police work. Not NSA wiretapping. Only in an alternate universe has the NSA prevented the Boston Marathon bombings.

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AHA! Why privacy is important. I finally got it. [View all] Gregorian Jun 2013 OP

Exactly. H2O Man Jun 2013 #1

Congratulations. nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #2

You got it. dkf Jun 2013 #3

dkf RobertEarl Jun 2013 #4

I'm still the same... dkf Jun 2013 #9

Welcome to our nightmare RobertEarl Jun 2013 #16

I honestly feel this is the most significant issue I will confront in my lifetime. dkf Jun 2013 #20

Hugs nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #59

You knew Nadin...when you saw occupy.... dkf Jun 2013 #63

People get it at different points in their lives. nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #65

Oh, shit! JackRiddler Jun 2013 #18

Thanks. dkf Jun 2013 #28

Strange bedfellows DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #37

Same here nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #60

I disagree.... uponit7771 Jun 2013 #5

No, the Gov't can be a nightmare to various people Hydra Jun 2013 #39

Correct! NutmegYankee Jun 2013 #6

+1000 darkangel218 Jun 2013 #8

The FISA court is a non elected clown possy. L0oniX Jun 2013 #7

The problem with your analysis is that the person on the street also Skidmore Jun 2013 #10

That's not quite the same. I use the word "you" as it applies to millions, not a few. Gregorian Jun 2013 #12

This is exactly right. HappyMe Jun 2013 #13

the clown with a smartphone can't put you in jail--or a gulag lastlib Jun 2013 #25

I seriously doubt anybody is HappyMe Jun 2013 #26

You're posting on DU Hydra Jun 2013 #40

If I was at all paranoid, I wouldn't be posting here. HappyMe Jun 2013 #41

That ship sailed years ago Hydra Jun 2013 #43

Drone me? HappyMe Jun 2013 #44

Sure they can. It just doesn't have bars on the doors. jeff47 Jun 2013 #45

You can sue the individual.... ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #22

And you can collect the $1.47 they have in assets. jeff47 Jun 2013 #47

Wow you must be ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #48

This is really a silly, useless comment that adds nothing to the discussion. Th1onein Jun 2013 #51

Why'd you bother to respond ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #52

I responded to enlighten you. Was of no use, though, I guess. nt Th1onein Jun 2013 #53

You'd have to know something on which to enlighten me. ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #54

LOLOL! Th1onein Jun 2013 #70

Agreed treestar Jun 2013 #67

There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in public. Motown_Johnny Jun 2013 #11

You are correct, Sir. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #15

That's the key point that so many miss. klook Jun 2013 #72

true. also, what an individual can collect VS everything the government can collect differ alc Jun 2013 #14

The G8 was being bugged. This was on Amy Goodman this morning. Gregorian Jun 2013 #17

That is so true. Thank you, and... JackRiddler Jun 2013 #19

The Boston Marathon bombings were solved by people's cell The Second Stone Jun 2013 #21

You make an excellent point: Coccydynia Jun 2013 #29

But then the government was said not to have connected the dots treestar Jun 2013 #68

Yes. LWolf Jun 2013 #23

Exactly. This is why the three-letter agencies desperately need to be leashed! n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #24

B. Clinton "It is what it is" Life Long Dem Jun 2013 #27

Oh wait, never mind, thought you were talking about the 2nd amendment. graham4anything Jun 2013 #30

Corporate private monsters ErikJ Jun 2013 #31

K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #32

You got it. The guy with the cell phone taking pictures of the beach that you happen Cleita Jun 2013 #33

I was thinking of the next Republican administration too. Gregorian Jun 2013 #34

The Constitution is still the means that we have, but no one in power seems to think we Cleita Jun 2013 #38

This really brings back memories. And fury. Gregorian Jun 2013 #57

Same reason you don't talk with police felix_numinous Jun 2013 #35

Thank you.... midnight Jun 2013 #36

actually, I have just as much power to ruin your life hfojvt Jun 2013 #42

That's not a concerted effort on as large a scale. Gregorian Jun 2013 #49

military power is not used domestically hfojvt Jun 2013 #55

The National Guard is used domestically and has been in the past. Cleita Jun 2013 #61

DOD has now plans to work internally nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #66

By the time you care, it will way too late to do anything about it, if we ever hear about it at all TheKentuckian Jun 2013 #50

I don't see how "many" could be victimized hfojvt Jun 2013 #56

Seriously, you should read a tad more nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #64

Gotta say..this was not a challenge nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #62

dang, I had never heard of him hfojvt Jun 2013 #73

They told us none nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #74

Better late than never. :-) WinkyDink Jun 2013 #46

Authoritarian Smear Merchants don't see the monster bobduca Jun 2013 #58

This and more... the potential threat alone is a use of force... Demo_Chris Jun 2013 #69

I would also add... BlueCheese Jun 2013 #71