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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 12:13 PM

    Unsurprising Revelations

    It's pretty clear that Washington has effectively declared war on us (the American people) at this point.

    Not only is the naming of the NSA warrantless wiretapping that we know surveills us all very telling (Terrorist Surveillance Program - ergo, we are all considered terrorists now), but the recent revelation of Brandon Darby, one of the founders of Common Ground relief organization, as an FBI spy reveals a new timeline of government response to hurricane Katrina:

    Don't show up to help, and when people bootstrap to help themselves, infiltrate, disrupt and provoke.

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