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America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Friday, January 9, 2009 09:08 PM

    DOES POLITICO.COM BAN COMMENTS FROM 'TARGETS' OF GOV'T SPYING?

    This "target" of says "yes."

    On their own volition -- or under pressure?

    http://my.nowpublic.com/world/does-politico-com-ban-comments-targets-govt-spying

    OR http://My.NowPublic.com/scrivener

    —scrivener50 Read scrivener50's other letters

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