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Re:Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catc... by e3pi on Saturday June 15, 2013 @03:00PM (#5885947)
>looks like he's waiting for the government to lie themselves into a corner before dropping them in the limelight.

He's that good? Knows the `infinitude' of time? Chess gambit(@)?

I like him.

(@)The word "gambit" was originally applied to chess openings in 1561 by Spanish priest Rúy López de Segura, from an Italian expression dare il gambetto (to put a leg forward in order to trip someone).

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Re:Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catc... by pvnick on Saturday June 15, 2013 @03:14PM (#5885994)
>He's that good? Knows the `infinitude' of time? Chess gambit(@)?

Let's hope so!

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Re:Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catc... by olalonde on Saturday June 15, 2013 @04:33PM (#5886216)
Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambit
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Re:Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catc... by lessnonymous on Saturday June 15, 2013 @08:53PM (#5886883)
Re Gambit: Learned this on an episode of Jeopardy screened in Australia this week. Never knew that it originated in Chess.
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Re:Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catc... by voltagex_ on Sunday June 16, 2013 @08:27PM (#5890711)
OT: Jeopardy screens in Australia?
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Re:Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catc... by lessnonymous on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @12:06AM (#5897462)
Foxtel on Fox Classics. It's about 5 months behind (I think) and the Friday ep is always out of sequence for some reason.
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