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Re:Congress Must Act After US Government Admits To Warrantle... by wheelerwj on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @05:54PM (#4288217)
This has been a weird week for personal privacy.

NSA insider reveals NSA has a file on ALL us citizens.

NSA admits to warrantless wiretapping.

NYTimes admits that all news orgs allow government censorship of media.

I mean, what kind of world do people think we really live in?

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Re:Congress Must Act After US Government Admits To Warrantle... by meric on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @06:10PM (#4288285)
Once those things come true, stories like http://www.stewwebb.com/GOP_using_Echelon_software_to_spy_on... no longer seem so loony after all.
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Re:Congress Must Act After US Government Admits To Warrantle... by jahmed on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @08:31PM (#4288814)
Wait I missed the NYT story. Link or title?

edit: found it http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/us/politics/latest-word-on...

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Re:Congress Must Act After US Government Admits To Warrantle... by hopefully on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @06:03PM (#4288255)
Don't forget "NSA dude is going to speak at DEFCON".

http://defcon.org/html/defcon-20/dc-20-speakers.html#Alexand...

I mean, the nerve.

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