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by uvdiv 13y ago
According to Paul's office, the senator "didn’t think it went as far as it should" and wasn't comfortable signing the letter when his changes weren't adopted. http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel
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by uvdiv 13y ago
This is fabulously ironic: President Rafael Correa responding to the leak [of the Snowden asylum document] by the newspapers has accused the media of spying on Ecuadorean officials. He also stressed that the corrupted media power is the
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by uvdiv 13y ago
"I think WikiLeaks, if you've looked at past history … their focus isn't necessarily the constitution of the United States." Which is truly remarkable, seeing how they are based in Sweden.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Here's the cable for that: https://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/artic...
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Like this? http://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/30/world/us-expanding-its-eff...
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Has Germany banned its foreign intelligence agencies from spying on the US government? Is that also covered under its privacy laws?
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Isn't this the explicit purpose of the NSA, to spy on the communications of foreign governments? And aren't EU members' governments doing the same thing against the US?
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Wyden and Udall are already on the Senate committee that oversees the NSA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Co... They have been for years, if anyone's been paying attention. http:/&
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Doesn't the Church Committee still exist? It's the Select Committee on Intelligence: [Senate, ex Church] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Co... [House, ex Pike] https://en.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Misspelled "hight"? Occam's razor reminds you that this is a third-world bureaucracy where English is not the native language. Not every typo hides a spy thriller.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Likely will be printed on June 28th, thought it appears online earlier than that.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Yet, Wikileaks is claiming the opposite: "WikiLeaks, which is assisting Mr. Snowden, has said that Ecuador issued him special travel papers and that it is his ultimate destination." http://www.nytimes.com/2013&#x
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by uvdiv 13y ago
This is interesting: these are the same people who blew the whole "we could listen to osama's cell phone" thingthe same people who screwed us on wiretappingover and over and over againThank god they're going out of busi
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Nevertheless: 06/25 14:37 RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES MAY DETAIN SNOWDEN TO ESTABLISH ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING PASSPORT DETAILS - SOURCE http://www.interfax.com/news.asp
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by uvdiv 13y ago
If you want to quickly understand the answers, the key insight is here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/824878 Paraphrased: defining such a function over a symmetric subset of the reals X is equivalent to partitioning the
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by uvdiv 13y ago
The article misattributes this quote: An unnamed senior Administration official joined the Snowden-bashing chorus, telling reporters, “Mr. Snowden’s claim that he is focussed on supporting transparency, freedom of the press,
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by uvdiv 13y ago
MR. CARNEY: Let me say this about that question, which is that Mr. Snowden’s claim that he is focused on supporting transparency, freedom of the press, and protection of individual rights and democracy is belied by the protectors he has p
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White House: Snowden's "true motive" is to "injure national security"(whitehouse.gov)
7 points by uvdiv 13y ago|10 comments
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by uvdiv 13y ago
The White House rather unambiguously threw Snowden under the bus: "Mr. Snowden's claim that he is focused on supporting transparency, freedom of the press and protection of individual rights and democracy is belied by the protect
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by uvdiv 13y ago
I apologize, I thought it was implicit this is just about wind patterns.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Vietnam! The plot thickens! I doubt Vietnam is relevant here. This visit was announced a week ago: http://talkvietnam.com/2013/06/top-ecuador-diplomat-to-visit... "Vietnam will be Patino’s second stopover
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Which time zone? It's 7 PM in Hanoi. (reply to edit: it's 7 AM in Ecuador)
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by uvdiv 13y ago
It actually overflies the US mainland today: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AFL150 But on other days it goes nowhere near it: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AFL150/history&#x
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by uvdiv 13y ago
This rumor has a credibility problem: * The Oslo flight left only 20 minutes after the Hong Kong arrival * That route would involve four flights to reach Iceland (stopping in Moscow, Stockholm, and Oslo). The trip can be done in two: you do
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by uvdiv 13y ago
The quoted Josh Elman does not work for Facebook.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
In Soviet Russia, newspaper reads you! (In Capitalist America, newspaper profitably sells many copies of you and goes on to a healthy IPO). ((In Strossian America, sentient uploaded newspapers rove the clouds. They hunt in packs)).
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Snowden directly answers this -- he claims NSA analysts can get away with it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-n... and http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013
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Beijing Said to Have Made Call to Let Snowden Depart(nytimes.com)
2 points by uvdiv 13y ago|0 comments
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Wow, me and tomsaffell practically called it: "I'm beginning to suspect someone confused a mg/mcg/μg somewhere; that seems like the Occam's razor explanation..." "But something doesn't quite add up
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Russia Today reports: "Citing a source close to Snowden, Russian news agency Interfax reported that the whistleblower’s final destination will be Venezuela with a transfer in Havana, Cuba. He will reportedly be on flight SU150 to H

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