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		uvdiv on June 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Members of Congress Go Silent Over Prior False Tes... Also, given the name "PRISM," isn't it pretty obvious how this program worked? Think about it... What does a prism do? It's obvious a spy agency isn't trying to communicate how their program works to everyone who stumbles across their codename.

wavefunction on June 14, 2013 [–]

They always seem to love clever acronyms that are tangentially related to whatever it deals with, like USAPATRIOT Act is actually about how to not be a good US patriot.

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