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Shocking new revelation: Unchecked government powers get abused

Yet another report detailing widespread abuses by the FBI of its surveillance powers demonstrates the overarching truth about government power.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, March 6, 2008 08:22 PM

    Look to Canada

    For an example to how an opposition party is supposed to act. The leader of the NDP is demanding the prime minister's chief of staff to render his resignation over the leak of this memo at a crucial moment in the US elections. What comparable thing did the Dems do over the arguably much bigger scandal of the Valerie Plame outing? I mean, demanding real consequences for an administrations actions? What a concept....

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