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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 30 May 2016

    Holder on Snowden: "I think a judge could take into account the usefulness of having had that national debate."http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/30/politics/axe-files-axelrod-eric-holder/index.html …

    4:52 AM - 30 May 2016
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      2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 30 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Holder seems unaware of the history of leaker prosecutions under his tenure.

        6 replies 12 retweets 39 likes
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      2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 30 May 2016
        Replying to @KristianHarstad

        Is there any evidence he did that?

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      4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 30 May 2016
        Replying to @KristianHarstad

        Confirmed that he took it? How is that confirmation he gave it to Russia?

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      6. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 30 May 2016
        Replying to @KristianHarstad

        That's funny bc I was just talking to German folks about this last week. Link?

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      2. jaspa j entwistle‏ @followjaspa 30 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Wait, when did we have that debate? People just said 'We should have that debate' and then....?

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 30 May 2016
        Replying to @followjaspa

        Not only that but surveillance is moving off the books in new ways.

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      1. DiscipleOfYahshua‏ @SonOfSlaves2016 30 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @KaizariWaAzania "In an age of universal deceit, telling the TRUTH is a REVOLUTIONARY act." - George Orwell

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      1. DarkMysteriousObject‏ @ghostdogwarrior 30 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @ggreenwald Now if Snowden can just procure a job with Goldman Sachs, this will all go away....

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      1. G-Wiz!‏ @DocHaus 30 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        "Someone should have done Thing!" --Guy who argued against Thing when he had the power to do it.

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      2. SoontobeCensoredTerrestrial 🌎‏ @SamAsIAm 30 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Holder and Breuer back at Covington and Burling along with former DOJ chief of staff Margaret Richardson. Nation of blind idiots

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      3. SoontobeCensoredTerrestrial 🌎‏ @SamAsIAm 30 May 2016
        Replying to @SamAsIAm @emptywheel

        https://news.vice.com/article/how-eric-holders-corporate-law-firm-is-turning-into-shadow-justice-department …

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      2. Miguel Bulligan‏ @belligan 30 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @ggreenwald you also said you were going to stop busting state-legal marijuana growers. Fool me twice...

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      1. Bruce Wayne‏ @Alikor_Faux 31 May 2016
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        @VirginiaInCal cept we never had it ina meaningful way Congress slapped NSA on the wrist they changed the language and continued

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      1. robert jarvis‏ @robertjarvas27 31 May 2016
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        ..maybe holder can explain control when asia is rising..sacrifice a few?

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