Lawmakers Who Upheld NSA Phone Spying Received Double the Defense Industry Cash | Threat Level

Lawmakers Who Upheld #NSA Phone Spying Received Double the Defense Industry Cash | Wired
▻http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/money-nsa-vote/?mbid=social10181434

The numbers tell the story — in votes and dollars. On Wednesday, the house voted 217 to 205 not to rein in the NSA’s phone-spying dragnet. It turns out that those 217 “no” voters received twice as much campaign financing from the defense and intelligence industry as the 205 “yes” voters.

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