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The Surveillance State 0

Bob Cesca points out something that this morning’s headlines about NSA snooping seem to have overlooked.

I mention this not because I’m a big fan of the vacuum-cleaner style “surveillance” instituted under President George the Worst, but because I am not at all a fan of having the vapors over something that anyone who has been paying attention has known about for a decade:

More importantly, this was an internal audit, which means… oversight!

Oh. You say you haven’t been paying attention . . . . Never mind.

Also, see DD’s Law.

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