And if they didn’t like what they heard when they were tapping you?

Matt Yglesias has a few comments on the NSA’s phone tapping everything and everybody a la Big Brother. If you think the Bush Administration wouldn’t misuse such information just remember how his Secretary of Housing boasted at a conference that he’d withdrawn the government contract from a contractor critical of the President.

“Last month, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson told a minority business group in Texas that he had retracted a HUD contract after learning it had been awarded to a qualified vendor who happened to be critical of the Bush administration.”

 

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Harry is a ferociously good natured eccentric in Duluth Minnesota who detests traitors dressed up as Uncle Sam. You can find somewhat better edited writings of his at the Duluth Reader "contributors." page. The URL is:

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