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November 16, 2013

This was Stephen Colbert's take on the hearing where Rep. Mike Rogers insisted that your privacy isn't violated if you never find out about it (see "If They Violate Your Privacy in the Woods, Do You Make a Sound?" (Oct. 30, 2013):

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"I'm just watching you shower, but the second you see me through the window, suddenly I'm the criminal?" Great as always.

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