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Time to whip out that Eddie Murphy routine about shooting the Pope (PG-13 content) then going to Hell: "It came out this week that the NSA spied on the headquarters of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and United Nations. It was also alleged that the NSA spied on the Vatican and the Pope." Link.

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