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Can someone who is informed on this shed some light on its shortcomings? I know this is new, but the article on the bill is a bit too supportive that it feels highly biased. I can't help but feel that the line about collection on foreign enemies for WMD's is some sort of loophole. I agree with bkurtz--its surprising how few people care about Snowden's revelations.

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>the line about collection on foreign enemies for WMD's is some sort of loophole

The view that the NSA should do no spying at all is a minority absurdist viewpoint that is easily discarded.

No it isn't. The NSA doesn't have to exist at all. It didn't used to. Its questionable that they do anything positive. The discussion is very much worthwhile.

The US has been spying on communications since it's inception. It may not have been called the "NSA", but the activities have always happened.

If you are just going to disregard minority opinions, why should the minority not just disregard you?

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