Comments on: CIA drone secrecy rejected by federal appeals court http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/cia-drone-secrecy-rejected-by.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: elix http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/cia-drone-secrecy-rejected-by.html#comment-1681194 elix Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219194#comment-1681194 "For national security" is the new "for the children" and it works for every excuse, as long as you're the government. "We can't shut down Gitmo because national security." "We have to destroy Bradley Manning because national security." "You can't bring your medicine onto the plane because national security." “For national security” is the new “for the children” and it works for every excuse, as long as you’re the government.

“We can’t shut down Gitmo because national security.”
“We have to destroy Bradley Manning because national security.”
“You can’t bring your medicine onto the plane because national security.”

]]> By: Charlie Coombs http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/cia-drone-secrecy-rejected-by.html#comment-1680970 Charlie Coombs Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219194#comment-1680970 Because it would compromise our alliance with the leprechauns and we would lose all of our wishes. Because it would compromise our alliance with the leprechauns and we would lose all of our wishes.

]]> By: Sirkowski http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/cia-drone-secrecy-rejected-by.html#comment-1680926 Sirkowski Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219194#comment-1680926 Why won't the CIA tell us whether or not they have built a secret unicorn breeding farm? Why won’t the CIA tell us whether or not they have built a secret unicorn breeding farm?

]]> By: Lothario Escobar http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/cia-drone-secrecy-rejected-by.html#comment-1680854 Lothario Escobar Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219194#comment-1680854 "...accepting the CIA's argument that it could not release any documents because even acknowledging the existence of the program would harm national security." Every time I hear that "because National Security" excuse, what I really hear is "normally docile taxpayers and voters would be outraged to the point of revolutionary activity if they actually understood how their taxes and votes were being applied." “…accepting the CIA’s argument that it could not release any documents because even acknowledging the existence of the program would harm national security.”

Every time I hear that “because National Security” excuse, what I really hear is “normally docile taxpayers and voters would be outraged to the point of revolutionary activity if they actually understood how their taxes and votes were being applied.”

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