3 Shocking Revelations from NSA's Most Terrifying Program Yet

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188. Problem with 9A is surely its generality

Do you have the right to play Justin Bieber at a volume of 11 at 2am because it is not mentioned in the Constitution?

Silly arguments like this last apart it would be good to have it rested against that, if only to see how lawyers try to wriggle round it. It will also be needed when cases stemming from remote surveillance start coming to court

BTW sorry, I did not pick up on your reference to Clapper, you're right of course. But the Brits have nothing to crow about, after all it was the British civil servant, who came out with the phrase "... economical with the truth"

Excuse me for a second:
"As you are aware the enviable clarity of discourse indulged in by some persons in the former Colonies (which lead to unwarranted hilarity and unfortunate censure) might have been avoided if such persons who, despite being favoured with a wide ranging and deeply historically founded education, had had sufficient skill to precisely delineate the boundaries of current art in the field of observational service without exposing the paucity of verity he intended to display. This lack of arcane phraseology might be aided by reference to culturally popular short duration fictions that clarified the role of the career administrator vis a vis the popularly mandated public servant." Me, channeling "Yes, Minister,"