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Nancy Pelosi saves the NSA surveillance program again

By Philip Wegmann
Published January 11, 2018 6:35pm ET
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Nancy Pelosi saves the NSA surveillance program again
All at once, Nancy Pelosi managed to preserve NSA surveillance power, appear sympathetic to privacy concerns, and ding the president. It was a masterful and deceitful political performance. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

When President Trump flip-flopped on legislation renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Thursday morning, he demonstrated embarrassing ignorance. When House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flip-flopped on that same issue, she showed brutal opportunism.

It was a busy morning.

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