Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance State was Born

Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by taproot on Sunday September 29, 2013 @06:48PM (#6466860)

Racist fuck.

Oh I can't make baseless claims on the internet? What's your excuse?

Look I don't really like how Obama has handles anything but laying the blame on him is pretty fucking retarded when these programs have been in the works for decades.

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by kyro on Sunday September 29, 2013 @07:21PM (#6466976)

The New Republic's owner and Editor-in-Chief is Chris Hughes, Facebook founder who coordinated Obama's online campaign for presidency, so I'd reassess your read of whatever racism you're seeing.

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by taproot on Sunday September 29, 2013 @10:21PM (#6467459)

There wasn't any. Did you not read my post? I was trying to point out that you can't just make baseless claims like that.

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by mcherm on Monday September 30, 2013 @11:07AM (#6469997)

I did read your post. Perhaps you need to step back and consider carefully what techniques for communicating are most effective, given the reactions to your post by many in the intended audience.

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by vellum on Sunday September 29, 2013 @07:43PM (#6467038)

The article doesn't make that claim:

In expanding the surveillance state and the White House’s wartime authorities, Obama has continued a grand and unfortunate presidential tradition—fresh details of which have quietly come to light.

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by taproot on Sunday September 29, 2013 @10:24PM (#6467463)

Of course, none of that happened. Although President Obama could have reined in the surveillance state, as we all know, he did not.

On the NSA, Obama has made the opposite calculation.

Seems like it does to me.

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by sp332 on Monday September 30, 2013 @11:23AM (#6470082)

In the part you quoted, it's clear that Obama didn't start the surveillance state. He just didn't "rein it in".

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by taproot on Monday September 30, 2013 @05:58PM (#6472674)

Whhat does that have to do with my post or the article?

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by sp332 on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @12:27AM (#6474036)

You said "laying the blame on him is pretty fucking retarded", but no one is laying the blame on him.

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by sillysaurus2 on Sunday September 29, 2013 @07:54PM (#6467070)

So I've got to ask... What part of the article did you feel was racist?

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by fixxer on Sunday September 29, 2013 @08:02PM (#6467103)

"You disagree with Obama on issue <XYZ>? Must be your inherent racism..."

I'd love it if I hadn't actually met people (plural) who believe such things...

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by taproot on Sunday September 29, 2013 @10:19PM (#6467455)

None of it... I think you missed the part about baseless claims I was getting at.

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Re:Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance St... by Kudos on Monday September 30, 2013 @03:47AM (#6468286)

Looks like it backfired.

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