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whatchamacallit

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82. Ok

Mon Mar 11, 2013, 12:42 AM

Mar 2013

1) I'm not entirely sure what Paul's tweet is trying to say, but on the face of it it could mean Greenwald's underlined statement is false, if and only if Greenwald was aware of the tweet when he made the statement.

2) A lot of what Greenwald says after that I don't disagree with.

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