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InGenAche t1_iuj75kf wrote

Reply to comment by tpb772000 in eli5 What came of Edward Snowden leaking all of that classified intel? by tpb772000

There isn't some guy sitting down at his desk at 9am with a Starbucks pulling up tpb's emails for the last week.

They'll have a list of flagged people they probably do read, everything else is algorithms for key words or phrases.

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tpb772000 OP t1_iuj7fvg wrote

But they are still obtaining those emails to scan illegally?

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tyranitrum56 t1_iuj7uh5 wrote

Illegally = no due process / a sham of 'due process' = basically

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tpb772000 OP t1_iuj84e5 wrote

So it isnt illegal, because there is no law.

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tyranitrum56 t1_iuja6hj wrote

Very little and gaping laws by design yes. While Snowden acted from the right place, he was primarily driven by fear and existential survival

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