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Former first lady Michelle Obama criticized “unfettered access to firearms” in America, saying during a Thursday interview with CBS’s Gayle King it is “not a good thing.” Obama urged younger voters to get involved and vote for candidates who will tighten gun control laws in the United States, Fox News reported. “More of us have to feel strongly about it. In particularly our young people. This is where democracy comes in. Voting — all of this stuff is decided in the ballot box,” she said.

The NSA has been graphing American’s social networks and plotting them as they do organized crime since at least 2010, according to the latest published Edward Snowden leak. The highly secretive intelligence agency has been mapping out American citizens’ social connections – identifying associates, determining locations, and logging who they talk to – by taking advantage of loosened rules previously meant to restrict surveillance actions. As far back as November, 2010, the agency authorized spies to conduct ‘large-scale graph analysis on very large sets of communications metadata without having to check foreignness,’ the New York Times revealed Saturday. Mapped out:...

Democrats Say Iraq to Give UN Unfettered Access Sun Sep 29, 4:44 PM ET By Randy Fabi WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three Democratic U.S. congressmen said on Sunday from Baghdad that Iraq would provide unfettered access to U.N. inspectors, but Republican senators were skeptical. Congress is expected to begin debate this week on a resolution giving President Bush the power he wants to attack Iraq. Some Democrats want the Republican Bush to exhaust diplomatic measures before going to war, and to limit the president's war powers.With the November U.S. mid-term elections looming, Iraq has stolen the national spotlight from the sluggish...

Yes. Restrictions on 'unrestricted access'. Fetters on 'unfettered access'. Iraq fooled Charlie Brown again, but not Bush. Rush reported this at 3:30, referring to an article I've yet to find. Hannity at 3:30 said he 'Almost drove off the road' when he heard Rush's find. There's an article out there somewhere that the 'unlimited inspection' offer is limited, to military bases. Inspections are, in fact, limited only to military bases, which makes them useless.