The NSA Speech: Obama Accepts the Logic of Staying Terrorized
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By Conor Friedersdorf
PostedJanuary 27, 2014
Government spying on U.S. citizens has reached epic proportions. So much so that the president himself had to make a speech promising to reign in its own spy agency. Of course, if you’re expecting a swift and decisive return to good sense and the preservation of personal liberty, you’d better think again. Conor Friedersdorf explains…