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Senate Authorizes Broad Expansion of Surveillance Act
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The Senate yesterday approved a sweeping measure that would expand the government's clandestine surveillance powers, delivering a key victory to the White House by approving immunity from lawsuits for telecommunications companies that cooperated with intelligence agencies in domestic spying after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (Washington Post [1], Wednesday)
Power corrupts.
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On Power and Corruption [2] by Leonard E. Read
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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021201202.html
[2] On Power and Corruption: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=7659
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