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Re:Source: Obama Considering Releasing NSA Court Order by TillE on Saturday June 15, 2013 @11:25AM (#5885228)
Of course in reality they'd just answer "no" and be done with it. The White House doesn't play silly games unless it's to their benefit.

I'm all for extreme transparency, but the public doesn't really have any right to know every thought that passes through the President's mind.

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Re:Source: Obama Considering Releasing NSA Court Order by wavefunction on Saturday June 15, 2013 @11:37AM (#5885262)
I don't give a flying f about the President's thoughts, just his actions.

Thoughts, meaningless. Actions, concrete.

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Re:Source: Obama Considering Releasing NSA Court Order by dllthomas on Saturday June 15, 2013 @11:55AM (#5885301)
Thoughts can be somewhat predictive of future concrete actions, and I may want to take concrete actions in the present that reflect that. This is not to say that we therefore have a right to read the president's mind, just that "meaningless" isn't quite right...
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