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Re:The Guardian walks back claims of direct NSA access to se... by daywalker on Thursday June 13, 2013 @06:57PM (#5877167)
If the tech companies have been slandered unfairly, why don't they sue the Guardian?
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Re:The Guardian walks back claims of direct NSA access to se... by marshray on Thursday June 13, 2013 @06:58PM (#5877180)
Because The Guardian has 19,998 more documents that they don't know the contents of.
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Re:The Guardian walks back claims of direct NSA access to se... by discostrings on Thursday June 13, 2013 @07:16PM (#5877275)
If they have have acted properly, why should that stop them?

It's hard to lie effectively when you don't know how much of the truth is known.

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Re:The Guardian walks back claims of direct NSA access to se... by marshray on Thursday June 13, 2013 @07:18PM (#5877284)
Because nobody, probably not even at the NSA, is confident that they actually know the full extent of what's going on.
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Re:The Guardian walks back claims of direct NSA access to se... by discostrings on Thursday June 13, 2013 @07:21PM (#5877298)
So true. That's one of the most dangerous aspects of conducting this type of thing in the dark.
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Re:The Guardian walks back claims of direct NSA access to se... by loumf on Friday June 14, 2013 @04:13PM (#5882201)
They think the clear denial and resulting walk-backs are enough.
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