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Indeed. CIA director lost his job when the FBI spied on his mistress' email account. No.2 Admiral of Strategic Command lost his position too for some gambling scandal. Certainly possible to coerce or blackmail other positions of power that are unelected. Not everybody is shameless like Anthony Weiner

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The question is if they were spied on to get that info about them to force them out due to them being at odds with some other party. Who was the party, what were they at odds over -- and finally, how worse off is the nation when these people are potentially pushed out via this tactic.

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