In article .com,
"ve3..." wrote:

Johnny Borborigmi wrote:
On 2006-09-08 22:30:52 -0400, "ve3..." said:

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LOL!!! Paranoia is a terrible thing folks!
You obviously don't know anything about surveillance. I suggest you
look up "echalon" on google. You will get about 22,000 hits. Read
some and be aware that this old system pales beside what they can do
now. It is based on the recognition of key words and enabled by
awesome computer power. Paranoia can be useful if they are really out
to get you. Ha ha hehhe hoho.

Telamon wrote:

This is a bunch on nonsense. Ask yourself why the government would want
to spy on everyone. There is no reason to do so even if it were possible.

Terrorist¹s organizations are today¹s guerrillas where the people that
make up these groups are spread out throughout the world and so they
have to use everyday communications channels to develop their nefarious
plans. These are the communications the government is interested in
intercepting not spying on your boring life. The government activity is
intercepting communications in transit not planting bugs in people¹s
houses. There is no need to plant bugs in electronic devices as the
government has access to the communications infrastructure.

If you have the need to worry about something worry about the NYT that
sees it¹s duty as going about reveling the governments efforts to use
the Intel gathered against the terrorists. The liberals that run the NYT
are a real threat to the USA¹s efforts to use this Intel against the
terrorists. If I were president, I would find a way to put those people
in jail for a long time at hard labor filling sand bags in Iraq.

Again?

Yet *ANOTHER* off topic post by that sanctimonious hypocrite Telamon????

Why don't you plonk yourself? You've certainly earned it!