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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 17: (L-R) James Cole, Deputy Attorney General, Robert S. Litt, Office of Director of National Intelligence, John Inglis, National Security Agency Deputy Director, and Stephanie Douglas, FBI National Security Branch, raise their right hands as they are sworn in before testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, July 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from members of the intelligence community on oversight of the Obama Administration's use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Politicians are shocked to learn the things Patriot Act opponents warned them about years ago have come true, what's the big deal with the Rolling Stone cover, Minneapolis spent $400,000 lobbying for the Vikings stadium, hookers and pols in Saint Paul, and the dead eagle.

Here's today's news conversation with Mary Lucia on The Current.