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FBI Made 'Inappropriate Use' of Foreign Surveillance Program To Spy on Americans (reason.com)
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[–] 57 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I hope nobody is truly shocked by this. Outraged? Yes, but shocked no. The US 3 letter agencies have a long history of overreach. Our elected officials are complicit in this all in the false name of "public safety" and "anti-terrorism" when their is little empirical evidence to suggest either mission is being accomplished. Instead, we have agencies profiling Americans on a massive scale that would make Brezhnev of the USSR jealous if he were alive today.

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  • [–] 43 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Can't imagine how frustrating it must be to be Edward Snowden, give up a lucrative future in government work to do the right thing and put the word out, be hunted for the rest of your life by Uncle Sam. The collective response to your sacrifice was a big fat "meh"

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  • [–] 38 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Sadly, you would be correct. Edward Snowden sacrificed his life to help us only to be met with nothing in return.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This is an increasingly unpopular opinion on reddit from what I've seen. Glad the sane people switched sites.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    It almost seems like it's a propaganda to discredit him and people who act like him or believe in what he said. To move the conversation away from what illegal shit the 3 letter agencies do and what they want to do.

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  • [+] 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Yeah, people are aware now so can make decisions on their own and decide their own risk tolerance.

    One thing I find funny though is how people think I don't care if X country has my info it's my home country Y I'm more worried about. But, their country Y is probably hacking country X and retrieving all their info from there with possibly less red flags to get through. So it really comes down to what people choose to share and use than a certain countries publicized spying policies.

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