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The Persecution of Juan Cole
Submitted by Jad Davis on Mon, 2011-06-20 00:00
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"For what purpose would the CIA or any similar government agency be collecting information on American citizens other than to discover facts that might bring discredit on them? The idea that such intelligence gathering is basically benign, and can only be considered illegal and/or impermissible on account of intent, is how they manage to get away with it."
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