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In reply to the discussion: Strange how the same people running around calling everyone Authoritarians [View all]KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)Yes...Harry Truman set up the NSA. I was also very much aware and very against the revisions of the FISA laws in 2007 that opened the door to a lot of the alleged abuses. Let's first document those abuses rather than assume...get specifics and find out if there has been calls listened to or emails read without a warrant and indict those responsible for such abuses. I want real sunlight...just like we had with the Church Commission in the 70s. With those abuses then we, the people, can and must put pressure on our elected representatives to clean things up. Our democracy is supposed to work from the bottom up...here's a great example.
I've been a long time viewer of Bill Moyers...and again...I'm not disputing any abuses by the NSA...but I want specifics, not speculation. If there have been warrants issued, to what extend have they been executed and for what purpose. These are questions that the President doesn't answer...this is the responsibility of the Congress. They're the ones who authorized these programs and they are the ones who revoke it. The President is obligated to oversee what the Congress passes or refuses to do so...it's the prime reason he's been unable to close Gitmo...and you have a dysfunctional House that be'd more than happy to launch an impeachment the moment this President tries to act unilaterally...not to mention a not-very-friendly SCOTUS.
Back on point...I want to see facts of NSA abuses, and I would imagine many others do as well. I'd also like to put lots of light on the corporate invasion of our privacy...the ability of credit agencies to destroy your life with one wrong keystroke and then profit from it. Those are real violations of people's rights not hypotheticals...