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Lawmakers threaten FBI over spy powers

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flopstock;579609 wrote: full story:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070320/ap_ ... ty_letters



I am shocked to the core that our trust has been abused in this manner... god knows we had no prior history of this same type of thing to warn us not to give them such blanket powers~:rolleyes:


Give people the power and they will abuse it - there's plenty of examples in every country where the facility has been made available on trust.
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Lawmakers threaten FBI over spy powers

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flopstock;579609 wrote: full story:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070320/ap_ ... ty_letters



I am shocked to the core that our trust has been abused in this manner... god knows we had no prior history of this same type of thing to warn us not to give them such blanket powers~:rolleyes:


You don't seem to know your own history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Red_Scare

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhuac.htm

Telegram sent by the Ku Klux Klan to Martin Dies on the formation of the House of Un-American Activities Committee (1937).

Every true American, and that includes every Klansman, is behind you and your committee in its effort to turn the country back to the honest, freedom-loving, God-fearing American to whom it belongs.




http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/fbicrack.cfm
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flopstock;579640 wrote: Unfortunately, I may have heard a thing or twelve about past experiences trusting our keepers..:wah:


We've got problems ourselves. Who do you think is the bigger tosser GW or TB? Assuming, of course, the term crosses the language divide.

Maybe we should run a course in british insults for the americans. Then they can have fun being rude to their friends without them realising it. Add in all the regional variations and we could teach you all how to do it peoperly.
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