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- СПУТНИКССС Р 21:11, 15 May 2006 (UTC)Reply


Hi, Whitenoise101! Just wanted to say, good comment on Talk:NSA_call_database. Hope You don't mind - I just edited it to link the citations. i.e.;

Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979)
18 U.S.C. § 3121

I converted a bunch of pdf's to navigable html, some with links, of docs relating to warrantless NSA wiretaps, domestic surveillance and data mining by the military. They are here:

http://thewall.civiblog.org/rsf/nsa.html

Check it out if You have the chance. Cheers, --Dredeyedick 19:30, 1 August 2006 (UTC)Reply