Reason pointed out that despite Obama’s speech (and Leon Panetta, one of Obama’s appointees) at the DNC convention last week, he’s been a willing participant in the enforcement of an American surveillance state.
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Reason pointed out that despite Obama’s speech (and Leon Panetta, one of Obama’s appointees) at the DNC convention last week, he’s been a willing participant in the enforcement of an American surveillance state.