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Hydra

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8. That was my first thought

Reply to dkf (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 03:49 PM

Jun 2013

But we knew that if they WERE informing Congress, it was only in the form of "You don't really need to know about this..."

The people using the defense that the NSA is overseeing this should read back to Clapper point blank lying to them.

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