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Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations by mc32 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @09:26AM (#21070528)
One of the most interesting revelations was the security agencies apparent spying on members of Congress.

But it’s like nothing happened. No investigation, no nothing. If they can’t be bothered by that, it’s little surprise they’re not bothered by their spying on regular folk.

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Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations by bediger4000 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:35PM (#21073067)
Google "jane harman alberto gonzales". George W. Bush's Attorney General was apparently "twisting Rep. Jane Harman's arm" over some moderately bad things that FBI or somebody caught Harman saying to some AIPAC people being surveilled.

That was in 2009. I remember being kind of stunned that nobody seemed to care that the executive branch blackmailed an elected Rep. Log rolling and pork barrelling is fine, but blackmail seems like a bridge too far.

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Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations by java-man on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @10:05AM (#21070870)
That should tell us who is really in charge.
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Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @10:28AM (#21071097)
Yes, the American people, who can't be bothered to care enough to do anything about it.
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