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Re:Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members... by ketralnis on Friday January 03, 2014 @07:54PM (#7009336)
No they won't. They'll just exempt themselves from it. Congress exempts itself from tonnes of laws.
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Re:Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members... by mey on Friday January 03, 2014 @07:56PM (#7009342)
[citation needed]
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Re:Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members... by Artistry121 on Friday January 03, 2014 @08:30PM (#7009466)
Congress is exempt from insider trading laws and many forms of arrest. A quick google search will reveal this.
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Re:Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members... by kirubakaran on Friday January 03, 2014 @09:30PM (#7009669)
Not anymore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act
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Re:Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members... by uptown on Friday January 03, 2014 @10:39PM (#7009870)
Except they then later repealed a major portion of the act - public disclosure.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/04/16/177496734...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/12/usa-congress-secur...

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