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		Dylan16807 on June 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Government likely to open criminal probe into NSA ... Discretion is good in the short term and bad in the long term. It's something that ideally would almost never be needed.

mpyne on June 9, 2013 [–]

Ideally we wouldn't need crypto, locks, weapons, or legally-binding contracts either though. :-/

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