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Friday, June 14, 2013

Shhh. They may be listening...

Editorial cartoonists are having a field day with the news that the NSA has a hush-hush court order to collect Verizon call records (theGuardian).  So without further ado, let's take a look.  All of the cartoons below were found at The Week, except for the last one, which was published at U.S. News.

Michael Ramirez, "Finally An Answer:"
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image: cartoon by Michael Ramirez, "Finally An Answer"
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Chis Britt, "Unwanted Assistance:"
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image: cartoon by Chis Britt, "Unwanted Assistance"
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Drew Sheneman, "Exception to the Rule:"
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image: cartoon by Drew Sheneman, "Exception to the Rule"
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Dana Summers, "Taking Out the Opposition:"
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image: cartoon by Dana Summers, "Taking Out the Opposition"
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Steve Benson, "N-S-A!:"
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image: cartoon by Steve Benson, "N-S-A"
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Have you stopped to consider lately how much we've allowed the Al-Qaeda attacks to influence life in America?  Our collective/political reactions have eroded the legal (habeus corpus, fourth amendment) underpinnings of American society and intruded on our personal (airport security, surveillance) lives.  Sure there be terrorists, but can't we get our fear under control?
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-- Marge

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