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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.

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    How very Zen of the DOJ . . .

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    If a rogue administration pisses all over the Constitution and nobody alerts the American people, does it leave a stain?

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