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	FBI AND National Security letters are Dangerous

papananook

5-18-2008 9:46 PM

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papananook says:

What a country!

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5-19-2008 1:52 AM

boniface

Was I just naive when I was younger? Or, has the US been turned completely on its head regarding Constitutional laws?

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