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Re:Obama presents NSA reforms with plan to end government st... by mpyne on Friday January 17, 2014 @03:11PM (#7078136)
> Plenty of criminals have been caught using traditional detective work.

Yes, but that's on the other side of time's arrow. The whole point to counter-terrorism is to detect it and stop it before (not after) it has happened.

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Re:Obama presents NSA reforms with plan to end government st... by revscat on Friday January 17, 2014 @05:19PM (#7078845)
And that is the cost to living in a free society: occasionally you have to deal with violent assholes.

Again, I'd rather live in a society where the innocent are free and unmonitored than one which the NSA, etc., reign supreme. Counter-terrorism efforts are inherently anti-democratic and anti-freedom, despite protestations to the contrary.

Not interested.

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Re:Obama presents NSA reforms with plan to end government st... by Crito on Friday January 17, 2014 @03:20PM (#7078187)
Oh oh, while you are at it can you give us the "ticking bomb" justification of torture to? It's been a while since I've heard it; it's always worth a good laugh. I love ridiculous shit like this.
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