Highlights of Rebuttal to Obama on FISA


	Highlights of Rebuttal to Obama on FISA

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7-4-2008 12:11 AM

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Just a few highlights of a thorough, entertaining rebuttal to Barack Obama's latest justification of supporting the FISA Amendments Act.

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