From Palpatine's Blog: Domestic spying…what’s the problem?

As you all know, we are in the middle of a war. Count Dooku, General Grevious, and the Separatist leaders have brought us to this war when they attacked us on Geonosis. It’s their fault, not mine.

As Supreme Chancellor, and commander in chief of the grand army, the Senate has granted me the power to prosecute the war by ‘whatever means necessary’. Their words, not mine. Of course I really control them through the power of the dark side, but that’s not the point here.

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