Jimmy Carter believes the NSA monitors his e-mails

[Ichingcarpenter]

(CNN) – Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he believes the National Security Agency is monitoring his e-mails, so when he wants to communicate with a foreign leader, he sends an old-fashioned letter via snail mail.

Asked by NBC's Andrea Mitchell about the debate surrounding the spy agency and the conflict between privacy and national security, Carter said the surveillance practices have "been extremely liberalized and I think abused by our own intelligence agencies."


"As a matter of fact, you know, I have felt that my own communications were probably monitored, and when I want to communicate with a foreign leader privately, I type or write the letter myself, put it in the post office and mail it," Carter said.

Regarding the crisis in Ukraine, Carter said there must be a "concerted international" effort to keep Russian President Vladimir Putin from going beyond Crimea.

But, he added, President Barack Obama doesn't ask for his advice on the matter - or any foreign policy issues.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/23/jimmy-carter-believes-the-nsa-monitors-his-e-mails/?hpt=hp_t2

[mazzarro]

1. Well, Jimmy Carter is not regarded as much in Dem Party leadership circle

Regarding the crisis in Ukraine, Carter said there must be a "concerted international" effort to keep Russian President Vladimir Putin from going beyond Crimea.

But, he added, President Barack Obama doesn't ask for his advice on the matter - or any foreign policy issues.

Sure tells why our protestations against unnecessary wars or for alternate ways for handling international disputes are never heeded at all.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. “invasion of human rights and American privacy”

Carter’s criticism of the NSA carries particular weight because he was the last president to date — and perhaps the only president of the entire modern era — who even tried to do something about the national security state. As investigative journalist Mark Ames recently wrote, President Carter attempted to clean up the CIA, firing almost 20 percent of its employees, focusing on the “clandestine operatives” whose cloak-and-dagger exploits were then fresh news.

He also dispersed the agency’s paramilitary arm, put legal restrictions on the agency’s power to spy within the United States, and passed an executive order banning assassinations.

All of this was entirely in keeping with Carter’s mandate, after Watergate and Vietnam and revelations of various CIA misdeeds, to restore the moral integrity and authority of the federal government.


But none of Carter’s reforms would last. President Reagan signed an executive order in December 1981 authorizing the CIA to collect “foreign intelligence” inside the United States



For President Carter started no wars, bombed no civilians, and committed no crimes against the Constitution. He did not sell weapons to terrorists or spy on his political opponents.

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/19/jimmy_carters_forgotten_history_lesson/

[Jefferson23]

2. Interesting. n/t

[Scuba]

4. Why am I not surprised Obama doesn't seek advice from Carter?

[hootinholler]

5. That photo still speaks volumes about the regard for President Carter.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

6. Wow! and sad

[Jefferson23]

7. Carter stands apart from the group as he does in life. The goof ball in the middle

consistently looks like a failure.


It's a great photo.

[Octafish]

11. Jimmy Carter stands apart.

Guy was a victim of GOP-BFEE treason.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/xfile.html

[Pepper Cat]

8. Glenn Greenwald sucks nt

[Electric Monk]

9. LOL, yeah, it's Greenwald's fault that the NSA is spying on people they shouldn't be

[Octafish]

10. He was right about the Iraq War boondoggle.

For all we know, Jimmy Carter's an enemy of the state because he doesn't believe "money trumps peace."

And if he is, I stand with him. I ain't no BFEE fascist.

[Brother Buzz]

12. Jimmy Carter believes the NSA probably monitors his e-mails