I wasn't the only one who thought that it looked a little like someone had detonated a nuke.
Understaffed But Understood
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A blog by a "sucker" and a "loser" who served her country in the Navy.
If you're one of the Covidiots who believe that COVID-19 is "just the flu",
that the 2020 election was stolen, or
especially if you supported the 1/6/21 insurrection,
leave now.
Slava Ukraini!
How they must hate us.
We back in the States.
We concern ourselves with Snookie and Sarah.
Our politicians bluster and blather, eager to get us into three or four more wars.
We don’t sacrifice for the war efforts, we give up nothing.
Only those who need a job, a path to citizenship, a path to respectability, an education, go off to serve in the latest little war.
Three, four, five tours. Until they reach their EAOS or until they are shattered in mind or body.
We do nothing in support other than to run our mouths and fly flags. Some politicians decry the cost of veterans benefits, of family benefits.
We give up nothing.
We sacrifice nothing.
How they must hate us.
FBI director Robert Mueller said Wednesday that the nation's top law enforcement bureau uses drones to conduct surveillance on U.S. soil, though only on a "very, very minimal basis."Of course they're only surveilling the bad guys, right? They would never ever use a drone for watching law-abiding citizens.
Mueller, the FBI director since 2001 who is set to retire this year, acknowledged that his agency uses drones in its investigative and law enforcement practices, and is further working to establish better guidelines for the use of drones.
In a US Senate hearing, National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander said the programmes had disrupted dozens of terror plots.And:
"I know that it has been successful in preventing terrorism," [Sen. Al Franken] said.With all due respect guys, prove your assertions. Show some hard proof that there have been "dozens" of terrorist plots disrupted because the NSA has been wiretapping everyone. Show how the NSA's work would have been harmed if they couldn't have done that.
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.Snowden neither waged war against the United States nor did he adhere to the enemies of the United States. Without either of those two elements, he cannot be found guilty of treason. One would think that maybe either Boehner or or Feinstein would have a passing familiarity with the elements of a crime that they are accusing someone else of, but one would be wrong.
Weeks before the National Security Agency (NSA) began a massive phone sweeping operation on U.S. cellular provider Verizon, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told Congress the agency does not conduct intelligence on American citizens.Of course, we all know now that that statement was a complete lie. The NSA is collecting telephone data on everyone. The man flat-out lied to Congress. The DOJ went after Roger Clemens for lying to Congress, but as to the chances of Clapper being so charged-- my cat stand a better chance of winning a MacArthur Genius Grant.
Testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Clapper denied allegations by panel members the NSA conducted electronic surveillance of Americans on U.S. soil.
"Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?" committee member Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked Clapper during the March 12 hearing.
In response, Clapper replied quickly: "No, sir."
In 2012, the government requested its imprimatur for surveillance 1,856 times, an increase of 5% over its 2011 petitions. The court approved every request in both years.There is evidently no proof of any real due process, just an illusion of it.
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