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Democrats Pelosi Obama Biden Kept Immoral
Unconstitutional NSA CIA FBI Domestic Ops Running


Edward Snowden
@Snowden
3h
After the last couple years, hard to ignore the feeling that the CIA's
Color Revolutions are coming home. We may come to regret spending
decades normalizing the practice of disregarding elections, the
precedent for ousting presidents.
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LindyMan @PaulSkallas
Jan 5
I don't know what's going on over there. But I hope everyone is ok
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden
Jan 7
skim milk is a crime
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden
Jan 7
look it had to be said
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden
18 Jul 2022
people are like "I'm not going to eat the crickets." oh you're gonna
eat the crickets, brother. they're gonna be everywhere. they're gonna
put em in Hot Pockets. your kids are gonna be like "mom! i want the
pizza crickets!"
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden
Jan 7
delivering a sermon on the dangers of "seed oils" as he washes down
his Whopper™ with a liter of Mountain Dew™
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Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Jan 5
The reason this matters - beyond the key role Obama and Pelosi played
in preserving NSA domestic spying - is that a handful of establishment
leaders in both parties agree on most things, and rule the country
together as a club. Most members have no power:
Joshua Reed Eakle @JoshEakle
Jan 4
Replying to @JoshEakle
"The fundamental problem in Congress is the centralization of power...
As speaker, I'd decentralize and open up the process." @justinamash
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Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Jan 5
The incident Amash is referencing is amazing. In the wake of the
Snowden reporting, there was huge bipartisan support for reining in
the NSA's domestic spying. Amash and John Conyers co-wrote a bill
poised to pass. Then Obama got Nancy Peolsi to whip enough Dem votes
to sink it👇
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Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Jan 5
Listen to this @justinamash clip, putting his finger on something vital:
Joshua Reed Eakle @JoshEakle
Jan 4
Replying to @JoshEakle
"In Congress, there are basically 3, 4, or 5 people deciding
everything right now." @justinamash
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Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Jan 4
Adam Schiff is (for now) the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee
- with immense power over Big Tech and FBI/CIA - so when he "requests"
that Big Tech platforms ban journalists who are his critics, it's
inherently coercive and, in any event, completely improper:
Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Jan 3
Replying to @mtaibbi
27.They also received an astonishing variety of requests from
officials asking for individuals they didn’t like to be banned. Here,
the office for Democrat and House Intel Committee chief Adam Schiff
asks Twitter to ban journalist Paul Sperry:
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden
Jan 4
This was more than 15 years ago now, but at the actual CIA, the
default password used by the systems engineering team for *all kinds*
of things was basically "password1234". Not a joke.
Sam Bankman-Fraud @bankman_fraud
Jan 4
Replying to @Snowden
Was the password to the file "password"
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden
Jan 4
The other ones were kept on the desktop in a spreadsheet called "passwords.xls"
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden
Jan 4
The US gov, through the FBI, had the censorship units at major
internet platforms on speed dial. Public figures that claimed such a
year ago were cast out of polite society as lunatics. When it is now
established to be true, the same polite people now shrug: "Trust the
ruler."
Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Jan 3
Replying to @mtaibbi
24.They eventually settled on an industry call via Signal. In an
impressive display of operational security, Chan circulated private
numbers of each company’s chief moderation officer in a Word Doc
marked “Signal Phone Numbers,” subject-lined, “List of Numbers.”
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden
Jan 4
There is the faintest sense of deja vu with this one.
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Jan 3
12.Roth saw GEC’s move as an attempt by the GEC to use intel from
other agencies to “insert themselves” into the content moderation club
that included Twitter, Facebook, the FBI, DHS, and others:
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Jan 3
25.Twitter was taking requests from every conceivable government body,
beginning with the Senate Intel Committee (SSCI), which seemed to need
reassurance Twitter was taking FBI direction. Execs rushed to tell
“Team SSCI” they zapped five accounts on an FBI tip:
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Jan 3
26.Requests arrived and were escalated from all over: from Treasury,
the NSA, virtually every state, the HHS, from the FBI and DHS, and
more:
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Jan 3
27.They also received an astonishing variety of requests from
officials asking for individuals they didn’t like to be banned. Here,
the office for Democrat and House Intel Committee chief Adam Schiff
asks Twitter to ban journalist Paul Sperry:
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Jan 3
37.“I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR WORK LOAD”: Requests poured in
from FBI offices all over the country, day after day, hour after hour:
If Twitter didn’t act quickly, questions came: “Was action taken?”
“Any movement?”
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden
Jan 3
"Bug," or "undocumented feature?"
Breitbart News
@BreitbartNews
Jan 3
According to a recent report, a bug in Google Home smart speakers
allowed for the installation of a backdoor account that could be used
to control the device and access its microphone feed. trib.al/D7iYdnE
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