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In reply to the discussion: Obama Administration Had Restrictions on NSA Reversed in 2011... [View all]Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)34. Campaign promises, 'Obama on Surveillance in 2007'...
"This administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide. I will provide our intelligence and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to track and take out the terrorists without undermining our Constitution and our freedom. That means no more illegal wiretapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are. And it is not what is necessary to defeat the terrorists. The FISA court works. The separation of powers works. Our Constitution works. We will again set an example for the world that the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers, and that justice is not arbitrary.
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/no-comment-necessary-obama-on-surveillance-in-2007/?_r=0
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/no-comment-necessary-obama-on-surveillance-in-2007/?_r=0
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It wasn't long after Obama took office, I began to have trouble processing what he was doing, or
RC
Sep 2013
#8
Next Time, I "Hope" We Pay Attention to Who the Advisers Are ... **During the Primary Campaign**
HumansAndResources
Sep 2013
#22
My first alert came early when Obama gave the hat tip to approve retroactive immunity
avaistheone1
Sep 2013
#37
Nader did this! NAAADER! (he's the whipping boy only because Henry Wallace is dead)
MisterP
Sep 2013
#4
Another change... allows the agency to keep the e-mails of or concerning Americans for up to 6 years
Catherina
Sep 2013
#12
This is all a Big Misunderstanding on the part of all you Obama haters.
Jackpine Radical
Sep 2013
#17
Who decides what is, “reasonably likely to yield foreign intelligence information”?
Indi Guy
Sep 2013
#31
I wish they would hold off on these stories until Syria was less of a calamity.
NOVA_Dem
Sep 2013
#33
Ain't it fokkin' GREAT having a Constitutional Scholar in the WH?!?? And one that calls himself
kath
Sep 2013
#28
Here's the perfect excuse for House Repubs to file impeachment charges.
NoodleyAppendage
Sep 2013
#35
There It Is - Hope And Change In Flames - Obama - Deliberately Desecrating Of The 4th Amendment
cantbeserious
Sep 2013
#40