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In reply to the discussion: I am getting sick and fucking tired of hearing that anyone opposed to NSA domestic . . . . [View all]brewens
(13,539 posts)now make excuses because it's our President. I can't yet be totally convinced of the extent of the abuse. Even if under Obama they were trying to play it like they claim, gathering all that data but only really analyzing something that appears to be a real threat, what happens when the next bunch gets in there? All that information is still available for them to use however they please.
I remember conservatives being up in arms over a sexual survey of high school kids. Why? Because once they had that information they would act on it. I believe their concern was it backing up the need for more sex education and making birth control more readily available. It amazes me that conservatives wouldn't take the same stance on government spying, and that liberals aren't even more fired up over it.
I still look back on what happened leading up to 9/11, knowing they didn't need more power, they just needed to have done their jobs in the first place to prevent it.