Newly Declassified Documents Show How the Surveillance State was Born

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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