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Politics

Watch Matt Welch Talk NSA Surveillance on The O'Reilly Factor Tonight at 8:20 pm

Matt Welch | 8.16.2013 3:53 PM

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Last night, The Washington Post had a scoop about the National Security Agency violating privacy rules at least 2,776 times. Tonight, I'll be talking about it on the highest rated show on cable news. Bring popcorn!

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