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This is truly a bizarre tactic. The federal government (yes, those Republicans who run it, who are all for state’s rights and smaller federal government) is suing, that’s right suing the state of New Jersey’s Attorney General to prevent him from investigating the unconstitutional NSA wiretapping program. I don’t even know what to say at this point. AP reports:

The federal government sued the New Jersey attorney general and other state officials Wednesday to stop them from seeking information about telephone companies’ cooperation with the National Security Agency.

The unusual filing in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., is the latest effort by federal authorities to halt legal proceedings aimed at revealing whether and how often AT&T, Verizon and other phone companies have provided customer records to the NSA without a court order.

Okay. This to me sounds a little bit desperate. The DoJ has tried to ask judges to dismiss lawsuits against AT&T et al of their own volition. Apparently in this specific situation, they’re actually resorting to suing a state Attorney General to prevent him from investigating. Does that sound desperate to you? It sounds desperate to me.

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