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		tptacek on Jan 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Snowden-haters are on the wrong side of history No, that's not necessarily true. For instance, the "spymall catalog" contained no revelations about NSA abuses against Americans, only details of intelligence tradecraft.

Zigurd on Jan 21, 2014 [–]

That's only true if we are truly far past the days of COINTELPRO.

tptacek on Jan 21, 2014 | [–]

Indeed, it's also only true if NSA isn't concealing the existence of the Groom Lake aliens who have taken over the USG.

Zigurd on Jan 21, 2014 | | [–]

You really think that COINTELPRO-type ops are are likely as space aliens? Or is that just gratuitous condecension?

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