we need the government to spy on us now<\/a>, more than ever.<\/p>\nHe echoes Speaker of the House John Boehner’s reasoning that people don’t need to be secure in their persons, papers and effects: if they’re innocent, they have nothing to hide. <\/p>\n
That whole Fourth Amendment thing was just a big mistake.<\/p>\n
You can trust the government to spy on you responsibly.<\/p>\n
Totally.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Thats something some conservatives get terribly, terribly wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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