{"id":661,"date":"2005-10-13T13:52:54","date_gmt":"2005-10-13T17:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=661"},"modified":"2009-04-12T21:09:12","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T01:09:12","slug":"schneier-on-security-domestic-spying-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/10\/13\/schneier-on-security-domestic-spying-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic Spying in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

Could someone explain to me why more surveillance of U.S. Citizens<\/a> seems to be necessary? Isn’t a foreign enemy by definition not<\/em> a citizen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Could someone explain to me why more surveillance of U.S. Citizens seems to be necessary? 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