Fresh off his overhyped and underwhelming “reform” speech Friday, a new interview by President Obama showed exactly how annoyed he is by the public debate on the NSA surveillance.
Declaring the surveillance “definitely legal, definitely necessary,” Obama said that while the debate had raised some “legitimate policy questions” it was “not worth” the damage done by leaks of all of his “legal” global surveillance schemes.
Obama went on to insist that public debate about NSA surveillance could’ve been possible without “giving some 29-year-old free rein” to tell the American public exactly what NSA surveillance actually amounted to. He gave no indication what the other “way” was.
In public conversations, Obama has claimed the public debate was a great thing, but has struggle to disguise his disdain at the notion of “ordinary folks” knowing the details of his secret policy decisions.
It will be worth it when the architecture of oppression comes crashing down on the tyrants.
A Washington Post story is reporting Feinstein and (R) Rogers are accusing Snowden of spying for the Russians and it was set up that way from the beginning. Of course they do not offer one shred of evidence.
George W. Bush is beginning to look like the better man. At least Bush had enough humanity to appear awkward and confused as he trampled the freedoms of Americans. Obama is totally arrogant as he does the same.
Its doesn't really matter. At least W has the sense to keep his mouth shut. Barry knows his in the same boat as W,after two terms and with not much to show for it just much leakier
This is why neither Obama nor his reforms can be trusted. He doesn't understand that it was the unlimited scope of his NSA surveillance as opposed to the need for surveillance and intelligence that is at issue. And, by classifying what was unconstitutional (and therefore illegal), and then trying to prosecute Snowden who disclosed the illegality and unwarranted invasion of privacy and risk of misuse of such information, he still doesn't get it, or understand that opposition to him and those supporting his policies on surveillance will continue to grow.
Don't kid yourself – He gets it, he understands. He just doesn't give a flying #!@%&.
Don't kid yourself – He gets it, he understands. He just doesn't give a flying #!@%&.
Even if significant, Church-committee-like reforms were made, there would be no cause for optimism.
The public's memory is short (and getting shorter with the advent of the Twit thing), but the pricks inside the NSA, CIA, and FBI can afford (at our expense) to play the long game.
The game has been underway for the last 240+ years. I'm sure the Archons rue the day the Internet became pervasive since one aspect of the game has been to keep the people ignorant and complacent – thus the public school system, prime time TV, and the MSM propaganda machine.
The audacity of … this man!
Well if it is legal WHY will they not let the Supreme Court rule on it!
The SC does not WANT to get anywhere close to this issue. I've never understood why the SC was given the power to "decline" hearing a case. They need to be forced to rule on cases that the American people deem necessary to be heard. Imagine a line worker at Chevrolet deciding they don't WANT to install the brake lines today…
For the most part, nothing the Federal courts have ruled in recent years has made any difference; quite the contrary, they have consistently upheld the expanding powers of the executive branch, and to a somewhat lesser extent those of the legislative branch. This is only to be expected when the FedGov is allowed to be the arbiter of its own powers. Unless the States take hard, meaningful action, the FedGov will continue to "reinterpret" the Constitution until it can do anything it wants. The beast must be starved, or otherwise weakened, and there must be real safeguards put into place to ensure that the FedGov, or whatever might replace it, can never get the resources to make its power a fait accompli.
He'd be a lot more honest to admit that the NSA spying program hasn't been 'worth' much either. In fact not such a really good idea.
He'd be a lot more honest to admit that the NSA spying program hasn't been 'worth' much either. In fact not such a really good idea.
He still doesn't get it, spying on everybody just because you can, isn't right.
He'd be a lot more honest to admit that the NSA spying program hasn't been 'worth' much either. In fact not such a really good idea.
He still doesn't get it, spying on everybody just because you can, isn't right.
He'd be a lot more honest to admit that the NSA spying program hasn't been 'worth' much either. In fact not such a really good idea.
He still doesn't get it, spying on everybody just because you can, isn't right.
IMHO this is exactly how you lose your Bill Of Rights, a little at a time and very soon all is gone. I have read that Hitler Germany, Russia and China also have a Constitution with high standards of protection of it's citizens, but see what happened there. Russia I believe has come a long way recently.
Remember as the Constitution goes, so does the foundation, legitimacy, of politicians and Gov. Officials and law enforcement, etc. This is why the populace must be well armed and willing to fight again for their freedom and dignity and Constitution-Bill Of Rights.
Obama is a major fail, and I believe a tool. How did America ever put this dude in office 2 times???
Because the alternatives were much worse. Would you really have preferred "bomb Iran" McCain, with know-nothing Palin at his side? Same with Romney, who would have done whatever his college buddy Bibi wanted him to do. There would certainly have been no negotiations with Iran.
"Jump out of the frying pot into the fire." Yeah, the American people goose were already cooked.
Pissin' off the powerful. Thanks Ed, you made my day again.
Pissin' off the powerful. Thanks Ed, you made my day again.
Sorry, what a lying sack of shit. It is definitely illegal and definitely an absolute betray of his oath. He's wiping his pygmy ass on the constitution. This is change the Nazis could believe it.
Sorry, what a lying sack of shit. It is definitely illegal and definitely an absolute betray of his oath. He's wiping his pygmy ass on the constitution. This is change the Nazis could believe it.
Prosecute Obama for destroying some of the few rights we have in this country that make it preferable to living in US-backed terror states where they blow your brains out for speaking out about tyrannical people like Obama and his NSA mass spying.