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3. Let's be frank: the Spy On Everyone program is not useful for stopping terrorist attacks, but

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 09:53 AM

Aug 2013

is very useful for controlling Americans who our government and its purchasers find troublesome.

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Juan Cole: Top Ten Things That Don't Make Sense About Obama's Security State [View all] eridani Aug 2013 OP

The additional seven are also well worth reading. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #1

du rec. xchrom Aug 2013 #2

American's suffer from the delusion that they live in a democratic society. Eddie Haskell Aug 2013 #11

Yeah, maybe the same day we stop hearing about CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #17

Well, we can agree that one of us needs to wake the #%^* up. MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #10

Strange, can't reach the link. caseymoz Aug 2013 #4

So your argument is that Obama is blameless burnodo Aug 2013 #15

He is the president now..... blackspade Aug 2013 #16

Spitzer! RVN VET Aug 2013 #7

K&R forestpath Aug 2013 #9

10 Why doesn't one of the telecoms... whttevrr Aug 2013 #13

+1000 blackspade Aug 2013 #14

Excellent points, all of them. n/t DirkGently Aug 2013 #18