Peter King slams RNC on NSA resolution

[Indi Guy]

Source: Politico

Rep. Peter King on Saturday blasted a new resolution from the Republican National Committee concerning the National Security Agency, charging that the “hysterical” measure could be a “death warrant” for the GOP.

The RNC on Friday called the NSA surveillance program “unconstitutional” in a resolution, urging a “halt” of the efforts and “a full public accounting” of the data collection initiatives. In an interview with POLITICO, King, a hawkish New York Republican, said the move pushed the party in an “isolationist” direction.


“We’re going to make the Democrats and Barack Obama the party of national security,” he said. “It’s signing our own death warrant as a party.”...

“Republicans are supposed to be the party of national defense,” King said. “It would be one thing if people wanted to pass legislation [posing] questions. But to talk about ‘spying’ and unconstitutionality … it’s basically repudiating the policies of the Republican Party over the last 12 years, policies that kept us safe.”



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/peter-king-rnc-nsa-resolution-102611.html?hp=l1

[6000eliot]

1. The Right continues its ongoing meltdown. I suspected that this was going to happen.

[Indi Guy]

7. Startling isn't it...

...how they continue to defy the laws of political survival?

[Maedhros]

2. The President should be asking himself: If the NSA is being defended by Peter King,

shouldn't I look long and hard at how it operates?

[cstanleytech]

9. Why should the president even get involved?

I say let the republicans proceed with this suicide mission of theirs if it makes it easier for the democrats to regain the house.

[Maedhros]

13. For one, he took an oath to defend the Constitution and the NSA is pretty much shredding it.

And two, the Director of the NSA is a cabinet-level position and Obama could order Keith Alexander to take action today that would curtail the abuse. That is, if he had the political courage to do so.

[cstanleytech]

16. Ya and that part also means he has to let congress do its job and in this case its up to congress

to change the laws and that means its up to the republicans themselves ultimately to fix this mess that they made.

[Maedhros]

17. Obama could instruct Alexander to stop the surveillance programs.

Period. Just like he told the military to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" - he didn't need Congress to do that.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. King is no empty suited lightweight

and he's right, legislation should reign in the practices to ensure
privacy with security to the greatest extent possible

but no politician seems to want to go there, so, therefore, the
info collected is being used for some other purpose?

[bemildred]

4. Yeah, we wouldn't want any hysteria, would we? nt

[another_liberal]

5. The GOP is aging and dying anyway, Congressman King.

If this resolution helps speed that process, all the better.

[cstanleytech]

10. Ya know whats funny is they did this to themselves by pandering to the more extremist of their base.

If they hadnt done that for the past few decades they might not have devolved into the nutjob party.

[Titonwan]

6. This mutt, Mike Rogers and DiFi

want this secrecy and over reaching invasion of our privacy through meta data collection/storage. It wouldn't surprise me that Hillary would want the status quo, too.
This will become a big problem if the Democrats don't get ahead of this and fully embrace a reduction of these secret powers, even if it conflicts with this president's 'kick the can down the road' attitude.
The leaks will continue to come out and more people will change their minds and become increasingly skeptical of these out of control surveillance powers.
I won't vote for Hillary come hell or high water but she'd be wise to heed the stirring of the masses. It's only gonna get worse before 2016. I'd be nipping this in the bud.

[underpants]

8. Translation- Obamacare is doing well and they know it n/t

[WilliamPitt]

11. :-)

[Tippy]

12. Future of Republicans.....they shot their wad and are fast becoming a foot note in history

[struggle4progress]

14. bwaah-hah-hah-haha-hah-hah!

[Ash_F]

15. Pretty sure pissing off our allies is more isolationist

Since when has being a snoop made anyone popular with anyone?

Question for DUers. Does anyone find stalking attractive?
How NSA Spies Abused Their Powers to Snoop on Girlfriends, Lovers, and First Dates
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/09/27/loveint_how_nsa_spies_snooped_on_girlfriends_lovers_and_first_dates.html