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Michael Birk

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:33 PM

Yeah, 500 comments, but ...

... it doesn't take too long to read them if you just skip over those from our resident trolls (who are so bad that I almost -- almost -- miss Bart) and their responses.

Since the usual admonition of "just ignore them" obviously doesn't work, here's my new suggestion:

Just let Arne handle the trolls!

His responses are the only ones worth reading, IMHO. He simultaneously reveals the stupidity of their arguments while ridiculing entertainingly. He obviously has a lot of practice at this ;)

A distorted reality
Is now a necessity
To be free.

It's so disappointing.
At first I put it all down to luck.
God knows why
My country don't give a fuck.

Fuck.

Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:32 AM

@PW

I suspect the reason you think I'm a troll is because you think I'm having fun with the assembled haters here.

Yeah, that's trolling. It's annoying.

Friday, February 15, 2008 11:11 PM

@Clint Brooks

Especially telling about Greenwald's post is how his last paragraph makes the bizarre claim that the telcos would cooperate where necessary because they are legally required "to cooperate with legal surveillance."

The "legal requests" that Glenn is referring to need to be submitted to the FISA court. This is spelled out clearly in the FISA law (and updated by the Protect America Act). As long as the conditions, defined by law, are followed, the telcos are required to cooperate.

So what's so "bizarre" about Glenn's claim?

That you would write this indicates that you aren't too familiar with the specifics of the warrantless wiretapping issue.

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