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Passport Files of Presidential Hopefuls Snooped
CNN is reporting on the widening brouhaha that began when Barack Obama's passport file was accessed illegally on three occasions beginning in January. Now it seems that John McCain's file was also snooped; and that last year Hillary Clinton's file suffered the same fate. Ars Technica nails the real importance of these breaches, saying that the Presidential hopefuls are "...currently providing the country with a very public lesson in why the 'privacy advocates' who oppose initiatives like Real ID and the executive branch's domestic surveillance programs should really be called 'democracy advocates.' In short..., the entire incident shows exactly why citizens' privacy is critical in a country where citizens compete with one another for control of the government."
.. is how terrible Hilary's passport photograph is.
That's awesome, let me try one.
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Bribes to congressman should be legal; they're going to take bribes anyway, so if they're illegal it will accomplish making congress look bad, which in turn diminishes the integrity of the government and country which is bad for us all.
Except bribing congress is pretty much legal already, and I'd imagine they came up with a better excuse than that for why
"When the atomic bomb goes off there's devastation...but when the atomic bong goes off there's celebraaaaation!"
I see it as a reason that all passport information should be freely accessible to anyone who wants it
Yeah, and since people break into houses and steal things, your stuff should be freely accessible to anyone who wants it too.
How dare they NOT snoop Ron Paul's passport records? He's still running for president, you know. http://ronpaul2008.com/
Here's your shiny hat back. You asked me to hold it while you typed. It's really nice... is it tin foil?