{"id":6564,"date":"2014-01-15T22:19:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T03:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=6564"},"modified":"2014-01-15T22:19:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T03:19:27","slug":"helpful-chronology-obamas-sellout-government-spying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/15\/helpful-chronology-obamas-sellout-government-spying\/","title":{"rendered":"A Helpful Chronology of Obama&#8217;s Sellout on Government Spying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/01\/16\/us\/obamas-path-from-critic-to-defender-of-spying.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140115&amp;tntemail0=y\">helpful chronology <\/a>of how Obama has totally sold out Americans&#8217; privacy and the Fourth Amendment.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I remember how George W. 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