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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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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 09:16 AM

    to rrheard

    Your post with pointed and deceptively simple questions to Shooter (p.4) would be powerful if you ended it before the ad hominem attacks. I read with approval until I got to your attack points and realized this will probably degenerate into a "back atcha" set of counterinsults--instead of a real response from Shooter.

    Hope I'm wrong.

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