McConnell/Mukasey: Eavesdropping Outside of FISA Is ‘Illegal’


	McConnell/Mukasey: Eavesdropping Outside of FISA Is ‘Illegal’

papananook

2-24-2008 10:23 PM

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papananook says:

it’s poetic justice: we who for so long have created and maintained banana republics, are getting the same at home.

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2-24-2008 11:15 PM

righthand

I see they haven't lost their swiftboating 'skill'. Accuse your opponent of your own faults first. Swiftboaters in glasshouses?

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