I just believe that a law-abiding American citzen has a right to privacy.
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Right. But how do we know you are a law-abiding citizen without investigating you?
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I’m particularly disturbed about the journalists’ phone records being subpeonaed by the CIA in the absence of any arrests.
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Don’t be. The CIA did not subpoena AP journalists’ phone records, so it’s all good. And it’s never too late for an arrest.
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We would have access only to the “propaganda” shown to the public in Communist countries or those countries with otherwise corrupt regimes.[/quote]
Of course, you know the people in Communist countries have access to nothing but “propaganda” because you spent so much time there. Oh, wait, no, it’s because you read it in the last year’s edition of CIA world factbook.