Re: O/T: Top Ten Things Liberals Believe

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> "Christopher Jahn" <cjahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>>>> "ROBERT WRIGHT" <mikey73@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>>>>> "Robert Steinberg" <midiopera@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>>>>>> ROBERT WRIGHT <mikey73@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>>>> Thus Americans and others living in the USA were
>>>>>>> communicating with those in Afghanistan. Is this not
>>>>>>> what the article says??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No. Americans were
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. communicating with other Americans living in the
>>>>>> United States and 2. communicating with people in
>>>>>> Afghanistan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As I have explained in previous posts, that is NOT what
>>>>> the article says.
>>>>
>>>> Then post the actual text, since the text you posted very
>>>> clearly says this.
>>>
>>> I already have; THREE times!!
>>
>> Then you need to actually read it yourself. Or brush up on
>> your reading comprehension.
>>
>>
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>
> I think the following proves that I read the article
> correctly: Found at
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/18/politics/18spy.html for
> those who will be demanding that Idid not make the follwoing
> quotes up.
>
> Eavesdropping Effort Began Soon After Sept. 11 Attacks
> By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN
> Published: December 18, 2005
> "WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency first began to
> conduct warrantless eavesdropping on telephone calls and
> e-mail messages between the United States and Afghanistan
> ........
>
> The security agency surveillance of telecommunications between
> the United States and Afghanistan began in the immediate
> aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001......"
>
>

Now that's better. And that is within the bounds of the law.

>
> Those who used the line :
>
> "The agency operation included eavesdropping on communications
> between Americans and other individuals in the United States
> and people in Afghanistan.."
>
> to conclude that the eavesdropping included communications
> between Americans and Americans were not understanding the
> poorly structured sentence.

The second sentence says something different than the first; if
it is meant to be a restatement of the earlier sentence, they
probably should have used the earlier statement, or written the
second sentence in a manner that did not have a different meaning
than the first.



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