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Re:Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catc... by throwaway10001 on Sunday June 16, 2013 @12:11AM (#5887432)
It is but tell that to NSA and to all those angry Senators and Congress people--and especially to those lobbyists from the military industrial complex. He will be kept "in isolation because he can leak secrets even from jail"
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Re:Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catc... by tsotha on Sunday June 16, 2013 @01:27AM (#5887558)
The NSA and Congress don't run the justice department. We've had high profile civilian criminals before.
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Re:Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catc... by infinite8s on Sunday June 16, 2013 @11:23PM (#5891250)
The NSA and the Justice Department are part of the same branch of government.
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Re:Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catc... by tsotha on Monday June 17, 2013 @01:04PM (#5894354)
They are, but the lines of authority only meet at the very top. The NSA only has influence on the Justice Dept to the extent it can influence the president.
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