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The CIA was revealed to be spying in France, not for military purposes, but for corporate purposes. So this $30 billion spook agency is now at the disposal of these oligarchic corporate structures run by the 1%.

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Jerry Brown
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: April 7
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