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Via E&P:
Washington Post: “a massive intrusion on personal privacy.”
USA Today: “…a deeply troubling act that undermines U.S. freedoms and threatens us all.”
Chicago Tribune: “…troubling echoes of Total Information Awareness…”
Los Angeles Times: “by now no one in (or out of) Congress should have any faith in the administration’s assurances about either its actions or its intentions under this program.”
Boston Herald: “Since 9/11 the American public has been willing to rely on the assurances of government leaders that they are preserving our privacy while fighting terrorism. Unfortunately, and perhaps understandably, many Americans no longer believe them.”
Detroit Free Press: “Might as well just assume that every move you make, every step you take, every call you place, they’ll be watching you. So conduct yourself accordingly.”
NY Times: “there is more reason than ever to be worried — and angry — about how wide the government’s web has been reaching. …
“What we have here is a clandestine surveillance program of enormous size, which is being operated by members of the administration who are subject to no limits or scrutiny beyond what they deem to impose on one another. If the White House had gotten its way, the program would have run secretly until the war on terror ended — that is, forever.”
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Is that the sound of a watchdog waking up?
