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ewoodrich on Jan 15, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers

So the US shouldn't have spied on the Japanese consulate in the 40s to anticipate the forthcoming declaration of war? Or intercepted German transmissions to break the Enigma code?

Filligree on Jan 15, 2014 | [–]

Both countries you were - anticipated to be - or actually at war with. That's hardly the same thing as spying on allies.

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