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well, politicophile, the administration was/is required to seek warrants before engaging in wiretapping....the process appears to be a kind of creampuff court visit, but it is there. the administration did not follow the law with its domestic spying programs. they effectively concede that they did not, and are responding by advancing arguments about the "state of emergency" etc....which in their view (based on the legal opinion of mr. john yoo) justifies their actions.
i am in a hurry at the moment,: the specifics on the above requires no effort whatsoever to locate--even a conservative could manage it, were they so inclined.
personally, i look forward to the legal fight over this matter.
ustwo: yes yes but the arguments from the right center on the notion of state bureaucracy as irrational. i have never found these claims compelling, or even interesting, because they are predicated on no understanding whatsoever of the history of the modern nation-state. the contradiction unfolds at this level.
gots to run: a husky awaits me.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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