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More followup on the domestic spying of US citizens. So, let's see how this works: if a leak isn't authorized by the pres (say, to alert the public their rights are being trampled), the NSA will use phone records to slam the door on the whistleblowers. But if the pres initiates the leak (say, to out a CIA operative because her diplomat husband publicly criticizes you) then I guess they don't pursue it...

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