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Bruce Fein & Associates, Inc.722 12th Street, N .W . , 4th F lo o r

Washington, D.C. 20005Phone : 703-963-4968bruce (5>th e I ichf e I dgro u p. G O m.

July 1, 2013 '

Dear Edward:I, Bruce Feih.> am writing this letter in collaboration with your father in response to theStatement you issued yesterday in Moscow.

T hom a s Paihe> the voice of the American Revolution, trumpeted that a patriot saves his countryfrom his government.What you have done and are doing hasa w a k e n e d congress ional oversight of the intelligencecommunity from deep slumber; and, hasalready provoked the introduction of remediallegislation in Congress to curtail spying abuses under section 215 Of he Patriot Act and section702 of the Foreign Intelligence; SurveillanceAct, You have forced onto the national agenda thequestion of W h e t h e r the A m e r i c a n people prefer the right to be left alone from governmentsnooping absent probable cause to believe Cr ime is afoot to vassalage; In hopes of a risk-freeexistence. You are a modern day Paul Revere: summoning the American people to confront thegrowing danger of tyranny arid one branch government.

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The history of civilization is a history of brave men a nd w om e n refusing to bow to governmentwrongdoing or injustice, and exalting knowledge, virtue, wisdom, andselflessness over creaturecomforts a s t h e North Star of life, W e bel ieyeyour act ions fa l l within that honorable, tradition, aconviction we b el ieve is sha red by many.A s regards your reduction to de facto statelessness occasioned by the Executive Branch to penalize youralleged violations of the Espionage A ct, the United States Supreme Court lectured Sri Trop v, Dulles(1958): "The civilized nations of the world are in virtual unanimity that statelessness is not to beimposed aspunishment for crime.'1'

W e think:you would a gree that the final end of the state is to make men a r id Worrien free to developtheir faculties, not to seek plan eta ry dominatiori. through force, violence of spying. Ail Amer icans shouldhave a fair opportunity to pursue their ambitioris. Politics shou ld riot be a football game with winnersa n d losers featuring Juvenile taunts over fumbles or missteps.Irrespective of life's vicissitudes, we will be Unflagging in efforts to educate the Arneficar i people aboutthe impending ruination of the Constitution and ' the rule of law unless they"aban don their complacencyor indi f ference. Your act ions are making, our chal lenge easier.W e encourage you to engage us in regu lar exchanges of i deas or thoughts about approaches to curing ormitigating the hugely suboptimal political culture of the Uriite.d .States. Nothing less Is requifed to pa yhomage to Va lley Forge,. Cemetery Ridge, Omaha Beach, a n d other places of great sacrifice.Very truly yours,.

Bruce FeinCoun sel for Lori SndWdent-lion Sriowderi