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7. Does anyone really believe they "stopped," anyway?

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 12:47 PM

Jun 2015

Passing a law doesn't stop anything. Maybe they had some people take a cosmetic break to score some points.

-- Mal

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The NSA is temporarily restarting bulk collection of call records [View all] n2doc Jun 2015 OP

too big to be regulated grasswire Jun 2015 #1

While all of your post was funny, the last part was especially hillarious. A Simple Game Jun 2015 #10

Every large organization has examples of abuse. randome Jun 2015 #14

I thought the word "restarting" was just as funny as "temporarily" hughee99 Jun 2015 #4

"No one expected the Spanish Inquisition" dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #5

DUzy alert /nt dickthegrouch Jun 2015 #15

Next: The CIA is temporarily restarting torture..er...enhanced interrogation. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2015 #6

Does anyone really believe they "stopped," anyway? malthaussen Jun 2015 #7

My insider sources put up this food for thought. Ichingcarpenter Jun 2015 #13

Obama left all the Bush implants in place. lark Jun 2015 #9

I'm so disappointed that the constitutional scholar isn't dickthegrouch Jun 2015 #16