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The New York Times revealed <\/strong><\/a>last night that the National Security Agency has been illegally spying on legions of Americans’ email and phone calls. Congress vastly expanded the NSA’s surveillance purview last year – but the NSA has chosen to go much further.<\/p>\n

The Times noted that the NSA may have spied on one congressman without a court warrant.<\/p>\n

This is the only chance that this latest crime might get at least some fleeting attention on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

The lack of response to these NSA spying outrages is a great example of how cowardly the media has become and how clueless many, if not most, Americans are. The media even refused to make a hubbub last year when it was revealed that the NSA had been wiretapping reporters without a warrant. Author James Bamford pointed out late<\/strong><\/a> last year that 2 Israeli companies are at the core of carrying out NSA surveillance on a subcontracting basis. But Bamford’s revelation have received almost no coverage in the print media. (Bamford is one of the most highly-respected critics of the NSA). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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