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And, yes, I DO take it personally: "Growing accustomed" is a thin excuse for allowing criminal activity
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Saturday, May 13, 2006

"Growing accustomed" is a thin excuse for allowing criminal activity

if a story intro like the following was dreamed up by the wapo to suggest that, "oh, well, what the hell, people are getting used to being spyed on so what's the big deal?" it fails miserably...
NSA Program Further Blurs Line on Privacy

Consumers Grow Accustomed to Surrendering Personal Data

i said in a previous post that i came to the conclusion years ago that all of my electronic communication and transactions were being logged and passed along to my government, but that doesn't make it any the less outrageous, or ok, or, for that matter, legal...

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