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I used to say that people were paranoid who thought the government was spying on them. So I'm not quite ready to dismiss this as a crazy conspiracy just yet.

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Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

I thought stealthy black helicopters was the ultimate ridiculous conspiracy theory.. until they crashed one in Pakistan.

I knew the NSA could listen in wherever they wanted, but I thought mass surveillance and storage of all communications was outlandish 1984-like paranoia.. until Edward Snowden.

Now I don't know what to think.

The helicopter in Pakistan was hardly stealthy. Someone tweeted about it as it was flying overhead.

Twitter should run this ad: "Osama Bin Laden died because he wasn't on Twitter! Sign up today!"

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