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1: Invoke an internal and external threat ///// Anyone say 9/11
2: Secret Prisons outside the rule of law///// Had this for years
3: Develop a paramilitary force ////// Bush's dream
4: Surveil ordinary citizens ///// Bush's dream
5: Infiltrate citizens groups //// Going on for years
6: Detain and release ordinary citizens //// Going on for years
7: Target Key Individuals //// Going on for years
8: Restrict the Press ///// Always restricted the press
9: Recast criticism as espionage and dissent as treason ///// (Sounds very familiar)
10: Subvert the rule of law ///// Hmmmm, Patriot Act?
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