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Who’s listening?

Watching the Republicans defending the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone data program was confusing.

Aren’t these are the same people who were up in arms when they demonized the IRS and said they were targeted by this revenue collection wing of our government? Yet they have no problem with that same government collecting and listening to their phone calls. With all due respect to Alanis Morissette, “Isn’t it Ironic?”

Monroe Celestin, Clovis

This story was originally published May 28, 2015 at 4:21 PM with the headline "Who’s listening?."

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