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		drill_sarge on Dec 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Americans Were Deceived About Cell Phone Locat... I don't think the president has much influence on such a situation, you should look at Keith Alexander, not Obama/Bush/whoever.

yoran on Dec 12, 2013 | [–]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Obama is kind of the CEO of the government, isn't he? So he's the person that should be held accountable for stuff going wrong (or right) in his government.

InclinedPlane on Dec 12, 2013 | [–]

Apparently the president can direct government workers to ignore federal law, so I'm not buying your claim.

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