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Saturday, February 16, 2008 12:00 AM

The Leader isn't protecting us and keeping us safe

George Bush warns of the grave dangers from allowing the Protect America Act to expire, even though he is the one who single-handedly ensured its expiration.

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  • Saturday, February 16, 2008 01:22 PM

    whoops, indeed

    I just read the NY Times article that Paul Daniel Ash found (thanks). It's not only government incompetency we have to worry about - we also have to worry about the idiot providers who cooperate unquestioningly:

    F.B.I. officials blamed an “apparent miscommunication” with the unnamed Internet provider, which mistakenly turned over all the e-mail from a small e-mail domain for which it served as host.

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