Don’t Ask If We Ever Bug You: National Security Agency

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Yamiche Alcindor, NSA to Americans: ‘Bug off;’ Agency hit with tons of records request. USA Today, Nov 15, 2013 (front page).
http://www.usatoday.com/story/ne ... s-requests/3519889/

Excerpt in the window of print: “There was the largest spike [in FOIA requests] we’ve ever had.” Pamela Phillips, NSA Freedom of INformation Act and Privacy Act Office chief
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Note: bug off (vi; First Known Use 1971):
“LEAVE, DEPART—usually used as a command”
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bug%20off