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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 12:00 AM

The DOJ pursues the "real criminal" in the NSA spying scandal

While the high-level lawbreakers are protected from consequences by our political class, only the courageous whistle-blower is subject to criminal prosecution.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 10:50 AM

    FBI can punish without needing to bother the courts ...

    http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/kmov-stlouis-news-090601-shoe-bomb-threat.4672f28b.html

    When a flight attendant asked him to close his laptop after boarding, Shafermeyer says he was just trying to make a joke when he asked her, “Are you the one who checks for shoe bombs?”

    That comment got the guy 3 days of solitary confinement.

    Constitutional guarantees? Not in the US.

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