TIA ISN’T DEAD….BUT IT TOOK A BODY BLOW TODAY….Good news: LeanLeft reports that the Senate has voted to remove funding for TIA, the big government snoop program. It’s not dead yet, since the spending package it’s embedded in still has to be reconciled with the House, but it’s a start.

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