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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by cryoshon on Sunday January 22, 2017 @09:39PM (#13459280)
>Rounded up for what?

differentness, dissent, journalism.

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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by many_bells_down on Sunday January 22, 2017 @09:44PM (#13459305)
Is this even grounded in reality?
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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by hedora on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:18PM (#13459473)
Obama went after whistleblowers more aggressively than any prior president, so that grounds the 'journalist' part
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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by hedora on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:31PM (#13459547)
There is also Trump's war on the media (from yesterday's CIA speech):

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/21/media/donald-trump-war-with-...

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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by many_bells_down on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:21PM (#13459491)
Does Obama still have that authority?
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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by hedora on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:32PM (#13459551)
No, but he set the precedent.
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