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6/19 David Dayen: The Student Loan Scam & Tim Shorrock: On Private Spying

June 19, 2013

On today’s show, David Dayen explained the student loan crises and why the student loan industry is uniquely unfair and corrupt. Investigative journalist explained the massive role that private contractors play in NSA surveillance and the Nation’s George Zornick explained where immigration reform stands in Congress now.

And keep the conversation going on our morning thread

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