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Re:Snowden: US hacks Chinese mobile phone companies, steals ... by seanmcdirmid on Saturday June 22, 2013 @07:56PM (#5925647)
> And yet he lies to cover it up.

Is there any evidence of that?

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Re:Snowden: US hacks Chinese mobile phone companies, steals ... by LoganCale on Saturday June 22, 2013 @08:06PM (#5925678)
Obama talking to Charlie Rose earlier this week:

> What I can say unequivocally is that if you are a U.S. person the NSA cannot listen to your telephone calls and the NSA cannot target your e-mails.

Then The Guardian released a document several days later, signed by Eric Holder, authorizing numerous exceptions to that, with which they are allowed to spy on Americans.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/20/fisa-court-nsa-w...

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Re:Snowden: US hacks Chinese mobile phone companies, steals ... by seanmcdirmid on Saturday June 22, 2013 @08:28PM (#5925736)
So you are sure Obama was lying through his teeth and not just ignorant? I mean, Obama must know every detail of Eric Holder's job right?

Or are you just using "lying" to make a strong political statement, and you really see no difference?

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Re:Snowden: US hacks Chinese mobile phone companies, steals ... by Andrew_Quentin on Sunday June 23, 2013 @07:20AM (#5927074)
The buck stops with Obama. Ignorance or incompetence is in some ways worse than lying as he might have some good reason to lie.
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