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Gingrich Says It's a 'Purge,' Malkin Says 'Stone the Left Wing Saboteurs!'

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Guanxi8810/27/2009 2:08:58 pm PDT

re: #227 LudwigVanQuixote

What it was was the NSA going through every transmission in the net and the phone lines looking for buzzwords without any oversight.

What it is now, is the requirement of warrants to act on suspects.

I don’t see what the big deal about ECHELON was. It had beenin place for a long time, and was damned useful

F’ing NYTIMES made a big deal about what was a fact of life and no big deal for ages. Had folks in hysterics over a simple, sane, and rational method of intelligence gathering.