{"id":1527,"date":"2013-11-16T20:50:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T20:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2013-11-16T20:50:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T20:50:16","slug":"on-the-prospect-of-blackmail-by-the-nsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=1527","title":{"rendered":"On the Prospect of Blackmail by the NSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/national-security-technology-and-liberty\/prospect-blackmail-nsa','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/sites\/default\/files\/blog_images\/j_edgar_hoover_via_wikimedia_-_photo_by_yoichi_r._okamoto_500x280.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/national-security-technology-and-liberty\/prospect-blackmail-nsa\\'&gt;On the Prospect of Blackmail by the NSA&lt;\/a&gt;Sometimes when I hear public officials speaking out in defense of NSA spying, I can\\'t help thinking, even if just for a moment, \\&quot;what if the NSA has something on that person and that\\'s why he or she is saying this?\\&quot; 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