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The Surveillance State Puts U.S. Elections at Risk of Manipulation

The Surveillance State Puts U.S. Elections at Risk of Manipulation
November 07, 2013 "Information Clearing House - Did the Obama Administration ever spy on Mitt Romney during the recent presidential contest? Alex Tabarrok, who raised the question at the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution, acknowledges that it is provocative. Until recently, he would've regarded it as a "loony" question, he writes, and he doesn't think that PResident Obama ordered the NSA to spy on Romney for political gain. 

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