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		kingwill101 on Jan 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Senator Wyden Letter Confirms NSA Is Buying US Per... The irony here is that it's not been done by China or Russia. Why does it seem there's much less outrage if any when it's been done my local agencies?

__MatrixMan__ on Jan 30, 2024 [–]

Because your tax dollars do not pay for the Chinese surveillance apparatus. Of course they're spying on you, that's their job.

Our country is ostensibly different than theirs precisely because we don't treat our citizens like enemies... as much.

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