Good ol’ conservatives going to be haunted by all those domestic spy state measures they so fervently cheered under George W. Bush. Lookin’ at you, Coulter, Carlson, Ingraham. “Well, if you’re not breaking any laws, what are you worried about? You and your silly concerns about civil liberties.” Yeah, let’s try that 2002 sentiment on again in a year. See how well it wears. And they never learn.

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