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Secret Monitoring of Everyone Is “Transparent,” Obama Says

By Ken Layne Published June 18, 2013, 12:11 pm ET

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Barack Obama had a lot to say to television host Charlie Rose last night, and the most comforting part is that the wholesale intelligence monitoring of all telephone and Internet usage is “transparent.” Which is basically true, now, since Edward Snowden revealed it.

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