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'60 Minutes' Pushes National Security Propaganda to Cast Snowden, Manning As Traitors
Submitted by Westernerd on Thu, 2015-11-12 04:00
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The program was exactly the kind of propaganda U.S. security agencies need Americans to believe to expand surveillance of government employees, dole out lucrative contracts to companies, and get away with expanding systems, which not only infringe upon constitutional rights but also violate confidential whistleblower communications when employees go through what officials refer to as proper channels to raise concerns about corruption.
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