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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on March 09, 2007, 10:58:15 pm
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/national_security_letters
WASHINGTON - The nation's top two law enforcement officials acknowledged Friday the
FBI broke the law to secretly pry out personal information about Americans. They apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales left open the possibility of pursuing criminal charges against FBI agents or lawyers who improperly used the USA Patriot Act in pursuit of suspected terrorists and spies.
Looks like they got caught though, which is good.
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If I was the government I'd make an example out of them, but it seems that isn't nesisary cause no one cares.
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i personally dont care if america goes to fascism, just so long as we dont screw up whilst conqering the world like the germans did.
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i personally dont care if america goes to fascism, just so long as we dont screw up whilst conqering the world like the germans did.
Nice post, Nuke! :D
But seriously, isn't this what everyone is talking about? That screw what the government says, we want our privacy? Where's aldo?
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The FBI director is falling on his sword, which is I suppose reasonable. The Justice Department was the one that outed them, so amusingly enough...go federal government, you damn noobs.
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i personally dont care if america goes to fascism, just so long as we dont screw up whilst conqering the world like the germans did.
Nice post, Nuke! :D
But seriously, isn't this what everyone is talking about? That screw what the government says, we want our privacy? Where's aldo?
In bed.
In Scotland. ;)
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i personally dont care if america goes to fascism, just so long as we dont screw up whilst conqering the world like the germans did.
Nice post, Nuke! :D
But seriously, isn't this what everyone is talking about? That screw what the government says, we want our privacy? Where's aldo?
In bed.
In Scotland. ;)
Oh...right...
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Not that I'm insinuating the UK government isn't equally as authoritarian and ****ed-up, of course.....
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Well, the Patriot Act was always about providing the government with the means to invade people's privacy in the name of national security.
Same with the war in Iraq.
You know, the first chance I get, I'm out of here. I was thinking about applying for graduate studies or as a transfer to Imperial College London...I know a lot of guys are from the UK, what do you guys know about it?
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Well, the Patriot Act was always about providing the government with the means to invade people's privacy in the name of national security.
Same with the war in Iraq.
You know, the first chance I get, I'm out of here. I was thinking about applying for graduate studies or as a transfer to Imperial College London...I know a lot of guys are from the UK, what do you guys know about it?
From what i hear from the guys around here, its not any better. The netherlands and scandanavia seem like civilized countries though.... can someone shed light on this?
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I suppose youre right...
I know a lot of countries in Europe are having some serious **** about immigration...
how is Switzerland? I was also thinking about the University of Geneva, and maybe getting a postdoc job there at the CERN.
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Well, the Patriot Act was always about providing the government with the means to invade people's privacy in the name of national security.
Same with the war in Iraq.
You know, the first chance I get, I'm out of here. I was thinking about applying for graduate studies or as a transfer to Imperial College London...I know a lot of guys are from the UK, what do you guys know about it?
We're better off at the mo, I think, but not for lack of trying by the current government.
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Well, the Patriot Act was always about providing the government with the means to invade people's privacy in the name of national security.
Same with the war in Iraq.
You know, the first chance I get, I'm out of here. I was thinking about applying for graduate studies or as a transfer to Imperial College London...I know a lot of guys are from the UK, what do you guys know about it?
Well, its about the same every where I think. We just got a new post-doc from London (he graduated from the Imperial College).
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You know, the first chance I get, I'm out of here. I was thinking about applying for graduate studies or as a transfer to Imperial College London...
In my case I'm waiting on the University of British Columbia in the end of the month. Not that Canada is going to be any safer in the long run...
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I know a lot of countries in Europe are having some serious **** about immigration...
Such as..
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I know a lot of countries in Europe are having some serious **** about immigration...
Such as..
Malta, suffering a sudden influx of smelly little cheese eaters and wine drinkers with Black Forest armpit hair.
Pfft, French people.
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Now if i made similar cracks about whos immigrating into France, i'd be labeled racist. :p
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I know a lot of countries in Europe are having some serious **** about immigration...
Such as..
Well, by that I meant that there was some backlash against it...about a year ago or something...
Perhaps that original statement was a bit inaccurate. Like a slasher beam ::)