http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/daily-beast-us-to-shift-contr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/daily-beast-us-to-shift-contr.html#comment-1684265 hungryjoe Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219802#comment-1684265 Obama:  "There, I fixed it." Obama:  ”There, I fixed it.”

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/daily-beast-us-to-shift-contr.html#comment-1683949 Brainspore Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219802#comment-1683949 In theory an agency charged with collecting intelligence shouldn't be waging war at all. You shouldn't even need a weapon just to spy on someone. In theory an agency charged with collecting intelligence shouldn’t be waging war at all. You shouldn’t even need a weapon just to spy on someone.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/daily-beast-us-to-shift-contr.html#comment-1683809 Boundegar Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219802#comment-1683809 How's the Daily Beast track record on topics like this?  Do they tend to be accurate, or blow a lot of smoke?  (Not a rhetorical question - I only hear about them occasionally.) How’s the Daily Beast track record on topics like this?  Do they tend to be accurate, or blow a lot of smoke?  (Not a rhetorical question – I only hear about them occasionally.)

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/daily-beast-us-to-shift-contr.html#comment-1683755 eldritch Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219802#comment-1683755 In theory, it does sound better to have drones controlled by the military rather than our clandestine intelligence agency. More likely to have some measure of oversight that way. In theory, it does sound better to have drones controlled by the military rather than our clandestine intelligence agency. More likely to have some measure of oversight that way.

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