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Re:Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits To D... by alan_cx on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @04:18AM (#6807232)
It shows that, like its British equivalents, the NSA is not an intelligence service who purpose is to protect American people, its a propaganda tool of the sitting government used against its people.

Never forget, the one single thing governments are afraid of is the electorate. No terrorist group has toppled a western government as far as I know, but voters do it all the time.

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Re:Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits To D... by M2Ys4U on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @03:54PM (#6811068)
> Never forget, the one single thing governments are afraid of is the electorate. No terrorist group has toppled a western government as far as I know, but voters do it all the time.

For a certain definition of "government", sure. The elected leadership may change, but think of the (hundreds of) thousands of civil servants who survive in their jobs in the executives and legislatures over the lifetime of many governments...

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Re:Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits To D... by 001sky on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @07:41AM (#6807725)
Its the 21st century compliment to "bread and circuses"...
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