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Matt Welch Criticizes NSA Spying, Liberty-for-Security Swaps on Fox News

Matt Welch | 8.12.2013 7:04 AM

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On Thursday, Aug. 1, I appeared on Fox News's Your World With Neil Cavuto to talk about the ongoing NSA revelations triggered by Edward Snowden, and where Americans should "draw the line" between liberty and security:

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