Re: NSA Phone logs excuse: "It's nothing you can't get from Google."

Tom Yossarian Joad

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Sun May-14-06 09:48 AM
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Re: NSA Phone logs excuse: "It's nothing you can't get from Google."

Okay, why didn't they use Google?

The "You don't need to worry if you don't have anything to hide."

Okay, you wouldn't mind if I rummage around your house for a few hours next time you leave? I promise, I'm just going to assure myself you aren't a terrorist.

Any other nice short answers for the new batch of STP's? (STP=Stupid Talking Points)

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Wickerman

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Sun May-14-06 09:50 AM
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1. Using google would be a tad cheaper thn paying the phone

companies brazillions to set up shop in their offices, I'd guess. :shrug:

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unpossibles

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Sun May-14-06 09:56 AM
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4. which is another issue

how come the people who balk at giving a poor person $.05 in welfare or funding the arts don't seem to mind paying for propaganda and domestic spying?

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karlrschneider

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Sun May-14-06 09:52 AM
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2. Google can find numbers but not WHO they CALLED

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tenshi816

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Sun May-14-06 09:54 AM
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3. But is it information they could get from Google?

Does Google track the phone calls of American citizens? What search criteria would someone have to use?

Yep, stupid talking points all right.

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Humor_In_Cuneiform

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Sun May-14-06 09:57 AM
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5. If you could use google, you should have because it has the

advantage of not being illegal to do so.

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C_U_L8R

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Sun May-14-06 10:16 AM
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6. Using Google certainly doesn't

cost billions and billions of dollars...
without finding a SINGLE terrorist mind you.

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librechik

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Sun May-14-06 10:21 AM
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7. You can't google who called who

you can google a phone number--if you have a name. And vice versa. But that's not what BushCo wants. They want to know the numbers you call, to see if you are calling anyone interesting. Google doesn't have that info, period.

Don't believe for a second that the freeps will give you time to say that, or even a second of thought over the issue. They're tossing back the lemon lime koolaid today.

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Tom Yossarian Joad

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Sun May-14-06 10:24 AM
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8. On WJ earlier today, the line was brought up 2-3 times before

finally a Dem caller stated the obvious as you just did.

Two minutes later, another republican lemming called with the same line.

I would imagine Rush or Sean said it Friday, so the stupid took it as fact without ever stopping to think about it.

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FrannyD

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Sun May-14-06 11:10 AM
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9. Saw that

How great was Greg Palast?!

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Tom Yossarian Joad

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Sun May-14-06 11:42 AM
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10. He was in fine form this morning. He stayed non-plussed

and made the RW sound like a bunch of spoiled children.

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survivor999

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Sun May-14-06 11:45 AM
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11. How can Google have that information?

Their machines probably keep logs of waht sites various IPs have visited and what searches were launched from those IPs. But phone calls don't go through them... Sure, if the phone companies put their logs on the web, then Google could find the information.

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rustydog

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Sun May-14-06 12:19 PM
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12. THEN USE GOOGLE you FUCK! ps, you're lying...again

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riona

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Sun May-14-06 12:28 PM
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13. When the gov't

decides someone is "a person of interest" because the information they have retrieved, that person's reputation, livelihood, friends, family can be lost - even if the accusations turn out to be false. Somehow I don't think Google is in the same league.

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