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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Perspective on the NSA data gathering
	Date:	6/12/2013 8:45:51 AM

I have kept my powder dry on what I think about the release of information about the NSA collecting phone and email data and for the most part will continue to do so. I will comment on one interesting facet that some might misinterpret as hypocrisy, and they would be wrong. It is blatantly obvious that during the Bush years conservatives were more willing to accept that administration's overseeing the Patriot Act and liberals were apoplectic. It is also blatantly obvious that the opposite is true today.

What this comes down to is a person's willingness to accept this kind of blatant intrusion on our privacy depends on whether they trust the administration that receives the data. Conservatives trusted Bush more than liberals and liberals trust Obama more than conservatives. One could argue the merits or lack thereof of each position during each administration but it does seem to be obviously true overall.

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Perspective on the NSA data gathering - MartiniMan - 6/12/2013 8:45:51 AM

Correct - Summer Lover - 6/12/2013 9:49:52 AM

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