{"id":6724,"date":"2014-03-05T16:23:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T21:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=6724"},"modified":"2014-03-05T17:18:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T22:18:59","slug":"cia-caught-spying-congress-time-another-obama-trust-government-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/05\/cia-caught-spying-congress-time-another-obama-trust-government-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA Caught Spying on Congress? 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