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BACKGROUND: US now has 'parallel Supreme Court' making secret law
Is any kind of meaningful democracy possible in a régime of secret law? — This is the question raised by the lead article in Sunday’s *New York Times*, which said that the FISA court “has quietly become almost a parallel Supreme Court, serving as the ultimate arbiter on surveillance issues and delivering opinions that will […]
Obama's defense of NSA makes the Dems look bad, makes Republicans look good
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