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  • While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted to see, somehow legitimize an illegal affair. These rulings simply corrupt the most basic notion of justice - that it must be seen to be done. The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law.

    Edward Snowden's Statement to human rights groups at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, wikileaks.org. July 12, 2013.
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