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wateroverfire
Jul 3, 2010

Chomskyan posted:

Also you may not have thought your argument through this far, but you're essentially giving countries like Russia and China a moral pass if they do the same thing to US citizens. Unless your angle is American Exceptionalism in which case holy poo poo

If Russia or China had the capability to do what the NSA does they would do it in a heartbeat, no moral pass needed, and they'd use it for everything from silencing political dissidents to custom-tailored marketing of cheap knockoff handbags and mail order brides.

It wouldn't be all bad, is what I'm saying.

edit:

I think 7 years is long enough, and I'm glad Obama has commuted Manning's sentence.

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