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    "title": "Appeals Court OKs Warrantless Wiretapping | Threat Level | Wired.com",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "created": "2012-08-08 23:06:47 UTC",
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        "2012-08-08 23:06:47 UTC"
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>The federal government may spy on Americans\u00e2\u0080\u0099 communications without warrants and without fear of being sued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a decision reversing the first and only case that successfully challenged President George W. Bush\u00e2\u0080\u0099s once-secret Terrorist Surveillance Program.</p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0080\u009cThis case effectively brings to an end the plaintiffs\u00e2\u0080\u0099 ongoing attempts to hold the executive branch responsible for intercepting telephone conversations without judicial authorization,\u00e2\u0080\u009d a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>That's a problem.  Via <em><a href=\"http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/appeals-court-oks-wiretapping/\">Appeals Court OKs Warrantless Wiretapping | Threat Level | Wired.com</a></em>.</p>\n"
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