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- noun The
safety of a country as managed through the exercise of economic and political power,intelligence agencies anddiplomacy .
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sonofgroucho commented on the word national security
This seems to be an excuse for practically anything!
October 30, 2007
uselessness commented on the word national security
I'm sorry, SoG, I'm going to need to take down your Visa number. It's a matter of national security, you see. And I need a new wardrobe.
October 30, 2007
sakhalinskii commented on the word national security
I think Noam Chomsky described it as "a euphemism for war against the domestic population."
September 20, 2008