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Politics

Interview with an NSA Op: "Of all the Orwellian bureaucracies, we give the best bang for the buck"

Nick Gillespie | 6.24.2013 12:19 PM

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On The B.S. of A., host Brian Sack interviews an NSA operative, who proudly proclaims, "Of all the Orwellian bureaucracies, we give taxpayers the best bang for their buck."

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Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie.

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