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Not to mention our truly massive intelligence system - which is actively violating every notion of privacy the US has ever enjoyed - failed to even come close to stopping the Boston bombing, nor was it responsible for finding or stopping the suspects.

A hundred billion a year spent on fraudulent security theater.



"A hundred billion a year spent on fraudulent security theater."

I definitely think there's a pork angle to all this.




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