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• On the post: Journalist For Time Magazine Announces His Eagerness To Defend US Drone Strike Killing Julian Assange

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2013 @ 06:03am

  Time was.

• On the post: How Could Dianne Feinstein Not Have Seen The Report Laying Out NSA Abuses?

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2013 @ 01:37pm

  Re: A Simple Answer

  Exactly.
  
  Everything I've seen is consistent with the idea that she is totally pwned.

• On the post: British Library Network Blocks 'Hamlet' For 'Violent Content'

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2013 @ 10:47am

  Re:

  Yes, yes! Bieber's suggestive winking could cause grown men to join NAMBLA!

• On the post: Cost-Benefit Analysis Of NSA Surveillance Says It's Simply Not Worth It

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2013 @ 06:34am

  Thank you! I've been wanting to rad something like this for months. Don't forget to add the costs associated with their blank-check budget.

• On the post: Former State Dept. Official, Expert On Extremism Says US Terror Alert Is 'Crazy Pants'

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2013 @ 09:55am

  Did anyone ever consider that Al Qaeda might intentionally have an insecure conference call simply to get the US to react?

• On the post: Every Time The NSA Is Asked About Its Ability To Spy On Everyone… It Answers About Its Authority

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2013 @ 07:19am

  I don't understand this article. Alexander's first word was "No". He may have been lying but he did answer the question.

• On the post: DEA Not Only Gets Intelligence Data, But Then Is Instructed To Cover Up Where It Gets The Info

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2013 @ 02:37pm

  This is the story I've been expecting to see for years now.

• On the post: Staffers For Rep. Mike Rogers Apparently Claim They Could Sue Me For Defamation

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2013 @ 06:12am

  Re: Re:

  I guess it was just someone running their mouth.

• On the post: Author Claims That 'Fair Use Is Theft By Any Other Name'

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2013 @ 06:00am

  Taking away fair use is theft.

• On the post: Staffers For Rep. Mike Rogers Apparently Claim They Could Sue Me For Defamation

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2013 @ 02:06pm

  It is a hallmark of extremism that anyone not 100% on board their agenda is considered to be diametrically opposite. Extremists often treat those close to their positions, but not entirely with them, more savagely than their true opposites.

• On the post: Another Problem with UK's 'Nudge Censorship': No Clear Accountability

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2013 @ 06:31am

  What about porn websites hosted in UK? Are they to be shut down?

• On the post: Microsoft Sends Google DMCA Takedowns For Microsoft's Own Website

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2013 @ 06:29am

  Clearly Google should stop including Microsoft links in search results for a day or two until Microsoft complains.

• On the post: DOJ Tries, But Fails, To Delay ACLU Lawsuit Over NSA Spying

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2013 @ 05:56am

  Nice short article. Nothing wrong with short and to the point.

• On the post: NSA's Keith Alexander Calls Emergency Private Briefing To Lobby Against Amash Amendment

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2013 @ 01:12pm

  It's quite amazing that NOW Congress gets briefed, when before this NSA did anything possible to avoid briefing Congress.

• On the post: Architect Of Obama's War On Whistleblowers: 'It's Good To Hang An Admiral Once In A While As An Example'

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2013 @ 11:17am

  ?My background is in the Navy, and it is good to hang an admiral once in a while as an example to the others,? said Mr. Blair.
  
  I sure wish some future event would lend that statement a full dose of irony.

• On the post: Bad News Is Contagious For Prenda

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2013 @ 06:51pm

  "Prenda red shirt Steve Goodhue" made me smile.

• On the post: Jimmy Carter Says NSA Scandal Shows America Has No Functioning Democracy

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2013 @ 05:43pm

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  If Obama went against NSA I believe they would kill him. But too bad. You wanted to be president Mr. Obama. Now do your job and come what may.

• On the post: Fire Sale: Pope Francis Trades Indulgences For Twitter Followers

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2013 @ 04:55pm

  I'd rather follow Sage Francis.

• On the post: Former Top NSA Lawyer Blames Civil Libertarians For 9/11, Says Hype About NSA May Lead To A Repeat

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2013 @ 02:40pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Yeah I had to recheck the author because it made me think it was Geigner. Better if the boss keeps the standards higher.

• On the post: Former Top NSA Lawyer Blames Civil Libertarians For 9/11, Says Hype About NSA May Lead To A Repeat

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2013 @ 09:20am

  Has anyone ever bothered to calculate how many lives the loss of our constitution would cost? Or even how many lives could be saved by spending NSA's budget on other things such as health care or smoking cessation? Funny, I don't recall ever seeing anything like that.

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