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narag on Aug 27, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The NSA Continues to Violate Americans' Internet P...

I believe he's trying to say that it's just impossible. In movies heroes uncover government conspiracies and culprits get handcuffed. In real world nothing happened. Snowden is now a cultural reference for comedy:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6663582/

BLKNSLVR on Aug 28, 2018 | [–]

In the real world, whistleblowers and their lawyers get prosecuted for revealing illegal activities the government was conducting:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/australian-spys-lawyer...

yesenadam on Aug 27, 2018 | [–]

In the real world, heroes get handcuffed - see the excellent documentary about US government whistleblowers Silenced (2014)

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