{"id":6578,"date":"2014-01-19T11:25:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T16:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=6578"},"modified":"2024-09-11T23:31:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:31:04","slug":"obamas-nsa-reform-malarkey-nailed-ted-rall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/19\/obamas-nsa-reform-malarkey-nailed-ted-rall\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s NSA Reform Malarkey Nailed by Ted Rall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>s<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From this room to that room&#8221; is about the kindest thing that can be said about Obama&#8217;s proposed spying safeguards. 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