tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post5638644162912323690..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Four Thousand Years Later: Same Flowers, Same BeesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-5966843729863781262015-11-19T16:23:18.652-05:002015-11-19T16:23:18.652-05:00Thanks, both of you, for the Kind.Thanks, both of you, for the Kind.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-85890086203951384012015-11-19T16:10:17.524-05:002015-11-19T16:10:17.524-05:00I enjoy reading and seeing (I like to think of it ...I enjoy reading and seeing (I like to think of it was 'Witnessing') what you do. And, it is tough to Do It from the Place Of Witless Employ™. <br /><br />In 1979, in another job life, I once called Lucien Conien at DEA (look him up; take a barf bag with you), and asked: What, about 800 people in the CIA's Operations directorate got pink-slipped, and they all came to Operations at DEA? (Lou had spent his entire adult life in the intelligence game. "Hey, look; these guys have to eat," he replied.)<br /><br />In that same vein - Think about all the subcontractors who developed those nifty applications Mr Snowden mentions -- to Hoover up (man, the irony in that phrase), sift and manipulate large amounts of data? Well those Guys have to eat, too -- and they found there are other customers for those same tools in the, uh, business environment. <br /><br />For, you know, security. Just not yours. Second Amendment? Ha ha; no.Mongo, At The Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-6712582319886540932015-11-19T11:40:47.009-05:002015-11-19T11:40:47.009-05:00You're BRILLIANT! There. Said it. Yelled it, e...You're BRILLIANT! There. Said it. Yelled it, even. Happy? Didn't think so. What next?<br /><br />And, as ever, mucho thanks for the link!! I keep doing it for some reason. More than 2 years now. Guess I think it might be important to somebody.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.com