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FISA + EO 12333 + [redacted] procedures = No Fourth Amendment

The recent FISCR opinion makes it clear that the government is not relying exclusively on PAA (or, presumably now, FISA) to wiretap Americans. Rather, it is using several measures kluged together to get around the 4th Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable search and seizure.

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Citi, Morgan Stanley, Not Paying Their Taxes

Add one more thing to the “no one could have imagined” file: The GAO reports that Citigroup and Morgan Stanley have been sneaking their money off shore so as to avoid paying taxes.

The new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, released today by Sens. Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Carl M.

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