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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.

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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 10:02 PM

    @ondelette

    Just reading your short explanation helped me understand things a lot better. Thanks, I needed that.

    Wouldn’t judicial review have to include habeas corpus? [Please bear with me—total neophyte with this stuff.] They said [above]

    “Liberty and security can be reconciled; and in our system they are reconciled within the framework of the law. The Framers decided that habeas corpus, a right of first importance, must be a part of that framework, a part of that law.”

    Also, can the word “and” be used with a “disjucntive meaning”? And, if so, what does that mean? Ms. Hughes never talked about that in 7th grade when we were diagramming sentences.

    It’s late here, so I may not be able to respond until tomorrow.

    Thanks for the article karr(sic). What RMP said. Derbig, it sounds like something you would write. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/07/gaza-israel-palestine

    bebop-o: contact Jebbie. [Thanks Jebbie :-)]

    G’night, all

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