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Forget hearings and public investigations - the Republicans will simply lie, and the fawning and complicit right wing media will rationalize and sugarcoat their criminality like Yoo does. This works because the base can sleep well at night knowing Dear Leader is looking out for them while actively searching for the "evildoers". That's what they're doing, right? Just looking for the bad guys.
I wonder what the reaction would be from Mr. and Mrs. Average Republican if they found out the government was listening in to their phone calls, or reading their mail/email, or monitoring the websites they go to. Because that's what we're really talking about here.
The next President needs to open the books: publicly and openly expose every domestic spying program initiated in violation of FISA - specifically and in detail, including the manner and method in which the information was collected and what it was used for. Those Americans whose information was illegally obtained should be able to search these records to see exactly the level of government intrusion they've allowed into their lives.
Let's see the Republicans stonewall that.
