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by loupereira 4310 days ago
In an era of budget shortfalls and market-based solutions, the American government is quickly becoming a for-profit enterprise at all costs.
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It's been that way for a long time now. Just look at the giant freudian slip DOJ lawyers made during 'Jewel v. NSA' while trying to explain why the NSA should be able to retcon the public court transcript by claiming it was classified, ex post facto.

Apparently it was very important to keep various Snowden disclosures secret, because:

    DISCLOSURES THAT WE ARE CONVINCED THAT HAVE
    SERIOUSLY HARMED THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF
    THIS COMPANY
(caps in original)

Company? Country? I'm going with "Freudian slip of the century"

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140813/23203228207/unsea...