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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Congress Holds Sensory-Deprived Session At the request of House Republicans, Congress on Thursday held a <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080314/D8VD50JG0.html" title="closed-door session">closed-door session</a> to debate the FISA warrantless eavesdropping bill. The last time a closed-door session occurred was in 1983, when lawmakers convened in secret to discuss clandestine U.S. support of Contra paramilitaries in Nicaragua. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080314_congress_tries_sensory_deprived_session/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080314_congress_tries_sensory_deprived_session/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Congress Holds Sensory-Deprived Session At the request of House Republicans, Congress on Thursday held a <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080314/D8VD50JG0.html" title="closed-door session">closed-door session</a> to debate the FISA warrantless eavesdropping bill. The last time a closed-door session occurred was in 1983, when lawmakers convened in secret to discuss clandestine U.S. support of Contra paramilitaries in Nicaragua. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080314_congress_tries_sensory_deprived_session/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080314_congress_tries_sensory_deprived_session/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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