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BlueStreak

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6. He should have put something in the suggestion box at the NSA.

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:08 PM

Jul 2013

As in,

"Hey, I was thinking, guys, what if we didn't spy on every damn American? Wouldn't that save the country a lot of money and time? Of course none of us would have jobs then, so maybe it's a bad idea. I don't know. Just a thought. Do with it what you think is best."

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