Were they having trouble getting warrants for those sorts of investigations? Even a judiciary that isn't effectively a rubber stamp usually pays attention to that kind of thing.

Seriously, all h1b, L1b, etc should be stopped. Instead, we should increase the number of green cards and they should be based purely on national needs. If we are short software ppl, then bring them in. It does not matter what nations. Just who is the best in the fields that are needed.

I wonder how the law treats having all your cheap Romanian labor work via thin clients, so the data never actually reside in Romania?

Well, lets see. Udall has been trying to bring it to the forefront for some time. That speak volumes, in my book, esp. since the neo-cons (not the tea*) have worked hard to prevent him from bringing up anything.

While it is obvious that the new batteries will nearly double the range (li batteries double about every 7-8 years), what about the super charger? No doubt the roadster owner should pay for it (which would also include the electricity), but these the guys that helped make Tesla. Without them, tesla NEVER would have gotten off the ground.

Come on, elon. You can do the super charger.

When you want to prevent treason, the first rule is to have ppl that have a stack in the success of the nation. In addition, you pay them enough. In addition, when you have a KNOWN path that is easy to break, you switch away from it.
What you will see is that ALL of these companies that got cracked had windows, had outsourced to India, and not a one of these companies were allowed to do retail business in India.

NSA directors had been lying since 2004. BUT, back in 2004, CONgress did not care. They simply allowed it to happen.

and what does any of this have to do with the fact that CONgress/W basically removed the oversight from NSA back in 2004?
Absolutely fucking NOTHING.
Since that time, CONgress has not done their job of oversight, by asking very thin questions and KNOWING that lies were being told.
It is for that reason that Udal and others have been HINTIng that issues were afoot. In fact, Udall had hinted at this before Snowden turned both whistle blower and traitor.

what does that have to do with what CONgress and W did back in 2004?

I am a registered libertarian. While I have issues with O, the fact is, that this was put into place back in 2002 through later timeframe, and the neo-cons of that time removed real oversight of the work.

Of course I recognize the marketing phrase. I was just providing a little context to readers who might not realize that there were technology powerhouse corporations before Apple.

No, the oversight was scaled way back in 2004.

I am sick of your type. I worked on pat act back in 2004-6. I have posts that griped about you fucking neo-cons that destroy america and never take responsibility for your fucking actions, or the bozos that voted in.

Kodak was developing and patenting new technologies when Steve Jobs' great-grandfather was selling pencils under a bridge.

I thought you sided with

I don't side with. I side against. Against 8chan pedos. Against rape apologists and definitely against anyone who harass women or condone sexual abuse of children. Against #GamerGate.

And definitely against anyone who would shit all over my long-time preferred pastime of video games the way GamerGate has done. More damage has been done to the gaming community in 2014 than in any time since I've been gaming. And sonny, I've got game cartridges that are older than you are. I've got cheetoh crumbs in my couch that are older than you and your fucked up microscopic cadre of sociopaths.