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leveymg

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3. Apathy is the last thing I'm advocating. But, people need to know how deeply entrenched these

Reply to CommonSensePLZ (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 17, 2012, 03:59 PM

Apr 2012

warrantless domestic spying practices actually are. We won't get the 4th Amendment back by pretending that these abuses don't have a long history, that somehow all this started suddenly on 9/11, or is entirely a response to terrorism, because it isn't. Look at what happened to former NY AG Eliot Spitzer, for instance.

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The Bluffdale NSA spy center [View all] CommonSensePLZ Apr 2012 OP

Bush issued a Presidential Directive six months before 9/11, and it's still rolling a decade later. leveymg Apr 2012 #1

the answer CommonSensePLZ Apr 2012 #2

Apathy is the last thing I'm advocating. But, people need to know how deeply entrenched these leveymg Apr 2012 #3

Corruption indeed CommonSensePLZ Apr 2012 #4

The PTB run both parties, and are afraid of rebellion. leveymg Apr 2012 #5