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In reply to the discussion: Whether some DUers like him or not [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,556 posts)I quoted the 1st 4 paragraphs of the article. The 4th reads: "It turns out that neither of those statements were true but it took Snowden's historic whistleblowing to prove it. " . Subsequent paragraphs go on to expand on Snowden's disclosures, which have exposed the government lies (whether or not the Solicitor General knew he was passing on lies to the SC).
So, now you know. The government lied to the Supreme Court to cover up the NSA program; the SC, having been lied to, said they weren't breaking the law, and, now we have evidence that they lied, 2 Democratic senators want the government to acknowledge the lies. And, of course, Clapper lied to Congress. This is pretty important - the executive misleading the other 2 branches to cover up an illegal program.