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leveymg

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1. Bush issued a Presidential Directive six months before 9/11, and it's still rolling a decade later.

Reply to CommonSensePLZ (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 01:12 PM

Apr 2012

Last edited Mon Apr 16, 2012, 07:27 PM - Edit history (1)

Unlimited domestic interception, storage and datamining of US person communications and records has been a fact of life, even though it was still technically illegal until the 2008 FISA Amendment - the one that then Senator Obama voted for.

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The Bluffdale NSA spy center [View all] CommonSensePLZ Apr 2012 OP

Bush issued a Presidential Directive six months before 9/11, and it's still rolling a decade later. leveymg Apr 2012 #1

the answer CommonSensePLZ Apr 2012 #2

Apathy is the last thing I'm advocating. But, people need to know how deeply entrenched these leveymg Apr 2012 #3

Corruption indeed CommonSensePLZ Apr 2012 #4

The PTB run both parties, and are afraid of rebellion. leveymg Apr 2012 #5