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		anamax on Jan 23, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Whistleblower: NSA Targeted Journalists, Snooped o... Does anyone believe that they're really going to stop? How about that that it didn't start during the Clinton administration (if the capability existed)?

anamax on Jan 23, 2009 [–]

I forgot that the Kennedy administration was especially fond of govt surveillance. I'd be surprised if Nixon wasn't.

Is there any reason to believe that a govt won't do surveillance that it has the capability to do?

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