While it is true that we live in the most vexing time of this Age, and while it is also true that extraordinary measures must be taken, by both the members of our great nation’s constabulary and the masses of it’s citizenship, there are some tactics that exceed even the caution of the day. We are referring to the practice adopted in the past few years of eavesdropping on the private telephone conversations of ordinary law abiding citizens of these United States. The panic and turmoil following that dark September day in 2001, caused many to believe that such steps were necessary for the good of all. However, in the years that have passed between that day and this, an exercise in caution and self preservation seems to have become an excuse to stick a Federal nose into someone else’s business.
THEREFORE, it is our Decree that from this day forward, all illicit reception of telephone transmissions, whether they be from land based telephones or from those devices designed for wireless speech, shall cease, and that such information that has been collected during the operation of this policy shall not be held against those citizens that have committed no crime against King and Country.
Norton I, Emperor of the United States
Eighteenth day of August, 2006
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His Majesty thanks you for your kind words, and bids you every success in your endeavor, which he has read with much enthusiasm, as it concerns his oldest friend and dearest supporter, Samuel Clemens.
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