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Monday, May 21, 2007 12:00 AM

The administration's FISA falsehoods continue unabated

The Washington Post Op-Ed by the national intelligence director rests on a patently false claim.

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    I have said before and been twitted for suggesting that this sort of behavior was enabled by CALEA, which demanded centralized wiretapping capability. Is there anyone out there who can explain, besides with some dismissive, partisan handwave, why I should believe that the fruits of this Clinton-era law is not being used for this end?

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