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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 5

    Kavanaugh now excusing past lies by using George Bush's old "Terrorist Surveillance Program" canard. He was in the loop on a September 17 2001 Yoo memo that was underpinning for later October 4 and November 2 members authorizing illegal wiretapping.

    8:38 AM - 5 Sep 2018
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      2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 5

        This is important bc the wireless wiretapping started at NSA before the October 4 memo. Also important, because the prior wiretapping was broader than that authorized by November 2 memo. (In part, it authorized wiretapping of people who might be anthrax culprits)

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 5

        Leahy asking to make docs public, It's not fair to me and not fair to Judge Kavanaugh to ask him about the memos.

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      4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 5

        Leahy: I want the docs I directly asked for on August 16, directly relevant to his own emails to John Yoo.

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      1. Rick Gundlach‏ @Hoofin Sep 5
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I think Leahy should just disclose all the documents, in the interest of the public's right to know. Congress is a political body, not a client transaction.

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      1.  🌹 🌻‏ @ItsSalJr Sep 5
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Kavanaugh mentions NYT. Bush administration would leak them info, NYT will publish a story based on said info & Bush administration will then reference to NYT article to justify their policies.

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      2. M.S. Bellows, Jr.‏ @msbellows Sep 5
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I'm sure Greenwald will be all over this, right?

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      2. Upgrayedd‏ @jayacoop Sep 5
        Replying to @emptywheel

        But, but, but there were lots of warrantless wiretapping programs, dontcha know? 9/11, 9/11, 9/11.

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      3. Leslie McCowen 💖 🖖 🍒‏ @lovemychris Sep 5
        Replying to @jayacoop @emptywheel

        All this shit goes back to 9/11.

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      4. Upgrayedd‏ @jayacoop Sep 5
        Replying to @lovemychris @emptywheel

        I mean, he even said he reevaluated whether Presidents are above the law based on 9/11.

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      1. Jeremy Palmer‏ @JeremyPalmer7 Sep 5
        Replying to @emptywheel @NatriceR

        lol - would be far better to pay attention to this:https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/28/obama-wrong-russian-interference-election-legacy …

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