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Marcy Wheeler writes at EmptyWheel.net and is the author of "Anatomy of Deceit."

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Why Congress is about to make it way harder to protect your personal data

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FILE - In this April 22, 2015 file photo, House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. When hackers broke into a database filled with the private information of U.S. security clearance holders, they likely got access to the names of foreign relatives of some of those officials who are living abroad. "It may be the single biggest breach of data that our government has ever had," said Chaffetz on teh C-SPAN Newsmakers program, calling the stolen data "the most sensitive information we have." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) (AP)

The Secret Service’s mind-blowing abuse of power: Why do government agencies keep spying on lawmakers?

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Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn attends the company's annual press conference in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) (Michael Sohn)

The most important lesson from Volkswagen’s shocking mega-scandal

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The GOP debate’s most shocking moment: A meaningful conversation about the War on Drugs

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If Republicans really want to hold up the Iran deal, they should send Dick Cheney to jail

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Dick Cheney, Barack Obama (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Photo montage by Salon)

America’s destructive identity crisis: Strike an essential nuclear deal with Iran — then act more & more like Dick Cheney

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Dick Cheney’s staggering Iran hypocrisy: Why we need to ignore his sinister war games at all costs

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Donald Trump (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

The GOP’s glaring “birthright” hypocrisy: How the 14th amendment also gave birth to corporate personhood

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The CIA vs. the Senate: Inside the shadowy turf war at the center of American government

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America’s most disturbing summer tradition: Agitating for wars and then pretending they don’t exist

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Donald Trump (AP/Dennis Van Tine)

Donald Trump is ruining everything for the GOP: The five stages of Republican grief explained

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Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C., Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP/Chuck Burton)

Dylann Roof should be tried as a terrorist: America’s disturbing double-standard on political violence (and why it matters)

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It’s time to rewrite the Constitution: Why our governments ability to decide war & peace is totally broken

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FILE - In this March 25, 2015 file photo of FBI director James Comey speaks at FBI headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

The FBI is demanding a dangerous new surveillance tool — and simply asking us to trust it

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David H. Petraeus (AP/Reed Saxon)

Why the law doesn’t apply to people like David Petraeus

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Rand Paul (AP/Jim Cole)

Reports of the Patriot Act’s death are greatly exaggerated

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The Benghazi outrage we actually should be talking about

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Osama bin Laden (AP/Mazhar Ali Khan)

The Bin Laden outrage nobody is talking about: What the government’s OBL “treasure trove” really reveals

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Secrets, lies & government spies: What you need to know about the surveillance “reforms” that just passed the House

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Everything we know about the death of Osama Bin Laden is wrong

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The government’s deceptive “transparency” lies: The truth about how it’s keeping its secrets

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Congress’s Orwellian spying “reforms”: Why the government wants to outsource its surveillance to your Internet provider

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Richard Burr (AP/Lauren Victoria Burke)

The government’s chilling surveillance analogy: Like George Zimmerman spying on your Internet

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The government’s bogus PATRIOT games: Why latest spying “reforms” won’t do much

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