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Re: Federal Judge rules NSA phone surveillance is lawful

« on: December 29, 2013, 06:28:36 AM »

Quote from: Lіef on December 27, 2013, 02:16:52 PM

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So if it's legal because it helps prevent terrorist attacks then anything that is deemed to be helpful in preventing terrorist attacks is by definition legal.

In essence a modification of the old Nixonian axiom: "When the president does it..."

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	Re: Federal Judge rules NSA phone surveillance is lawful « Reply #1 on: December 29, 2013, 06:59:48 PM »
	« Edited: December 29, 2013, 07:02:57 PM by And Nicolas Cage as "Fu Manchu"! »

It was a good episode though. However, "Homefront"/"Paradise Lost" really nailed the post-9/11 environment five years before 9/11 even had happened. Tongue

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