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Only way we are going to find out what is really going down.

Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process said.

These programs, whose participants are known as trusted partners, extend far beyond what was revealed by Edward Snowden, a computer technician who did work for the National Security Agency. The role of private companies has come under intense scrutiny since his disclosure this month that the NSA is collecting millions of U.S. residents� telephone records and the computer communications of foreigners from Google Inc (GOOG). and other Internet companies under court order.

Read more at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-14/u-s-agencies-said-to-swap-data-with-thousands-of-firms.html

Reaction to this is a neocon litmus test.

A core characteristic of the neocon worldview is that The People are akin to a flock of sheep, those wielding the power of state assuming the role of the shepherds who are ever on the lookout for anything that might disturb the smooth operation of the status quo, the peace of the flock. Under this worldview, the population cannot be trusted with key information according to which important decisions of state are made on a regular basis, so must be left in the dark on the important matters.

The system of liberty established by our Founders (and that promoted and defended by conservatives to this day) was quite the reverse of this, i.e., the state acquires and maintains its legitimate authority only to the extent that its operations are subject to the check of, and are therefore transparent to, the public at large.

We can observe a very stark contrast in reactions to the NSA scandal along this very fault line.

Someone already posted that a couple days ago, TRH

here

Oh......

that was your thread.

Must be you didn't get enough feedback or "+1's"

Here too. He must be wearing that paste button out.

Another one

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth.../1/More_Of_Snowden_s_Heroism_I_Gu#UNREAD

Someone needs to buy him a neocon for Christmas

Pick up a couple of neocons for Bristoe while you are at it.

The 3-Pacs should be cheaper.

I think he just likes saying the word "neocon."

,...yet another knothead stampede.

Lot's of knotheads on this forum.

I'd like to believe that every knothead in America posts here,...but that's unrealistic. It's probably only something on the order of .0015%

Hence,....this country is doomed.

Hell, we got southern Baptist preachers worshipping atheistic Israelis as 'Gods Chosen'.

The world is phugged up.

You need to behave and send your tax return to John Hagee, dammit.