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      America's Secret 4th Branch of Government: Did the NSA Keep Even Obama in the Dark?

      Juan Cole
      Oct 28, 2013

      The revelation from the Snowden Papers that the National Security Agency had German Chancellor Angela Merkel's personal cell phone under surveillance has produced a central fallout. Dueling leaks over the international embarrassment have forced the White House to a key admission: President Barack Obama did not know what the NSA was up to.

      Ever since the Snowden revelations of the massive, world-girdling extent of NSA electronic surveillance surfaced, I have been wondering two things: Did they tell Obama about it when they took office in 2009? And, do they have something on Obama?

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