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		jessaustin on Oct 13, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Emails Snowden Sent to First Introduce His NSA... Possibly to the Fourth Estate? It would have been clear to Snowden that the clergy and commoners aren't doing enough to control our kings and princes.

mmanfrin on Oct 13, 2014 [–]

Fourth Estate seems very plausible. The idea of the 'Fourth Estate' is that the media (the fourth estate) keeps an eye on the government. Whether this is the intention or the 4th Amendment is the intention, the other of the two is a nice coincidence.

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