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Re:U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage by LoganCale on Friday June 21, 2013 @08:29PM (#5921971)
The government spent the last week trying to convince the public that they never spy on U.S. citizens and do not store their data.

The documents are a direct authorization from the Attorney General for all the ways in which they are allowed to do exactly that.

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Re:U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage by rdouble on Friday June 21, 2013 @08:30PM (#5921978)
Right, but why is that a surprise?
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Re:U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage by LoganCale on Friday June 21, 2013 @08:33PM (#5921984)
Because it's documented proof of their blatant lies to the public and to Congress. If that's not something big to you, I doubt there are any documents that can be released which will impress you.
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Re:U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage by rdouble on Friday June 21, 2013 @08:35PM (#5921991)
I'd like to see more documents detailing how the system works, and specific instances of it being used to target american citizens. Something along the lines of the information eventually turned up about the Fast and Furious operation, or the Iran Contra affair. Right now it's just a powerpoint and a signed letter.
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Re:U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage by PavlovsCat on Friday June 21, 2013 @09:20PM (#5922118)
Who cares? Why is it a surprise to you that some people care about things that are fucking wrong even though they are hardly surprises?
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