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Re:The Smears Against Edward Snowden Have Begun by stinkytaco on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @12:33PM (#5862891)
But they are not the whole story. They cannot possibly be. They are proposing that they effectivly mirror the data of major Internet companies for a budget of 20 million dollars a year? There's obviously stuff being left out somewhere.

And we don't know those slides are legit. I could make that powerpoint in an afternoon. Hell, I make powerpoints all the time with proposals, examples, etc that I would never consider to be reference documents.

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Re:The Smears Against Edward Snowden Have Begun by mathiasben on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @12:54PM (#5863047)
I think the assumption here is that PRISM is just the reporting front end that handles dissemination.
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Re:The Smears Against Edward Snowden Have Begun by stinkytaco on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @01:07PM (#5863158)
>I think the assumption here

That's my point. The assumption. The gaps we fill in for all the information we're missing. The fact that we have to assume means that questioning everything, from the slides authenticity to the leakers credibility is our duty as citizens.

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Re:The Smears Against Edward Snowden Have Begun by moens on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @02:20PM (#5863708)
...and the $20m budget. ;)
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