U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls

Re:U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls by jaynos on Thursday June 06, 2013 @05:33PM (#5835306)

>It so happens that law enforcement officials and national security officials and politicians do not think that the voters will accept 3 to 6 Boston bombings per year, without their careers being destroyed.

Take away the security apparatus and many of their jobs are gone whether there is an attack or not.

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Re:U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls by comrade_ogilvy on Thursday June 06, 2013 @07:05PM (#5835821)

For some. But most of the loudest voices are higher up the food chain, and do not directly benefit from the security apparatus. Most of those on the payroll as part of the apparatus must maintain some semblance of calm competence, thus they cannot participate directly into feeding the hysteria.

Implying mercenary intent absolves the voters of any responsibility.

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Re:U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls by tsotha on Thursday June 06, 2013 @07:00PM (#5835787)

The presidency is one of those jobs.

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Re:U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls by livestyle on Saturday June 08, 2013 @12:29AM (#5843804)

off topic. I came across this post from you https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3170221

Would you still be interested in that service?

tom at blendah.com

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