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headgasket on Dec 11, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Time Person of the Year 2013

Interesting comparison. The NSA will never need the Inquisition to assert its power though, they already know. Knowledge is power.

inafield on Dec 11, 2013 [–]

What do you mean by "never need the Inquisition"? The CIA/DIA/NSA Inquisition has been happening 24x7 for years now; we just haven't been privy to it.

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