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MSN: What We Gave the Govt.

Here’s MSN’s response. In short: We gave info to the govt, but there was no personal info released.

Last night I watched Enemy of the State, which was one hell of a programming coup for ABC given the recent news. When it came out I was told it was a paranoid fantasy, by folks I know who would be in a position to know – at least back in 1998. But it’s a fantasy that I sense is shared, in a perverse way, by a lot of folks in the current administration. If only we had those kind of tools….



It’s been seven years since that movie was made. What’s happened in seven years? Well….Google, for one thing. And warrantless wiretaps, for another. And a major move from the ephemeral to the eternal. Fasten yer seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

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