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Reid and company target the true enemy: "Dodd and his allies"

In Beltway World, anyone who objects to lawbreaking by the government and telecoms is either unserious or insincere.

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  • Saturday, December 22, 2007 01:59 PM

    the NSA is blackmailing our senators and congressmen

    this is why everyone is so eager to roll over for them.

    they can't touch Feingold or Dodd because (unlike most of our elected representatives) the NSA hasn't got any electronic dirt on them.

    scoff if you like. imagine for a minute that Bushco IS using secretly gathered wiretaps and email taps to intimidate the competition, as well as members of the media establishment.

    think how chilling it would be to receive a phone call at 2am replaying a conversation you had with your mistress, or an email with all of the links you surfed for the last two months.

    1984 is alive and well. AT&T - your world, delivered, indeed...

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