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Re:How the NSA obtains and uses airline reservations (2013) by jjoonathan on Sunday February 05, 2017 @02:31PM (#13574082)
Wow. I wonder if it was opportunistic or planned. Either way, brilliant job of manufacturing consent. I'm both horrified and impressed.
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Re:How the NSA obtains and uses airline reservations (2013) by kobeya on Sunday February 05, 2017 @03:22PM (#13574390)
That's not consent, manufactured or otherwise.
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Re:How the NSA obtains and uses airline reservations (2013) by jjoonathan on Sunday February 05, 2017 @05:27PM (#13575062)
I've seen people get upset about overreach when the US asked to have a plane diverted / tried to strongarm extraditions / etc. I'd bet a large sum that this story was reported as "...detained while attempting to enter US..." and that nobody batted an eye upon reading it. That is the manufactured consent I was referring to.
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