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Verizon phone-snooping flap: why Obama won't be harmed
June 07, 2013
At first blush, the news report about the US government tracking data from Verizon about millions of phone calls, in the name of protecting national security, looks to be potentially explosive and politically damaging.
After all, it fits the narrative of Big Government run amok, fueled lately by revelations that the Justice Department has been accessing reporters' phone records and the Internal Revenue Service has been subjecting tea party groups to extra scrutiny.