U.S. Collects Vast Data Trove (Major Phone Companies, Credit Cards, Online Activity)

The Wall Street Journal ^ | Thursday, June 6, 2013 | Siobhan Gorman, Evan Perez and Janet Hook

[Girlene]

We’re in a crisis like I’ve never seen.

Yes, we are SE Mom. It's better to know what we're dealing with, though. Glad that Glen Greenwold has such a great source(s). It is time to shine a little sunshine on what our govt is hiding from us.

[lodi90]

Is the work of obama’s Deep Throat?

[LostInBayport]

Is the work of obama’s Deep Throat?

No, I doubt Reggie Love had anything to do with this.

[Gene Eric]

Can you say: “diversion”?

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Is the work of obama’s Deep Throat?

Reggie Love? lolol

[Windflier]

They are...trying to evoke a reaction.

Heaven help them, should they get what they're asking for.

[SE Mom]

Yes. .having some light on what’s really going on. .if that’s even possible.

[seeker41]

Perhaps I should learn arabic...not a bad idea.

[DAC21]

All Senators on both sides of the sleazy Isle are tap dancing around this one. THEY KNEW, AGREED AND SAID NOTHING!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Just like the old Soviet Union spied on everyone about everything. Obastard is a worse disaster than anyone could imagine.

[topfile]

WH chorus for all scandals.....

It's not Obama's fault he has almost no input into it’s creation, maintenance, expansion, and scope.

[seeker41]

I trust noone in politics and not many outside of politics. None of the critters care about the citizenary just their own little kingdoms.

[lodi90]

All Senators on both sides of the sleazy Isle are tap dancing around this one. THEY KNEW, AGREED AND SAID NOTHING!

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Maybe that’s why this is being leaked. The GOP knew about the program and did nothing. The kenyan will just say the GOP signed off on EVERYTHING the NSA has done.

[Chickensoup]

The Daily Bell suggests that the reason the War on Drugs is over is that it was an opportunity to build holding facilities and gulags. They have enough and now they need the space for other issues.

[ncfool]

Seems that Holder when asked by Senator Kirk today had a great response.

“Can you assure us no members of the Capitol building were monitored?” asked Kirk. When Holder said he wouldn’t be able to answer that question in an “open forum,” Kirk interrupted him. “I think the correct answer is ‘we stayed within our lane and we did not spy on members of Congress.”

[Miss Didi]

Not only little Lindsey but I caught part of Greta tonight with Karl Rove. Poor Greta had no voice and was furious but old Karl was defending this and the bipartisan committee!!!

[DBrow]

“”Everyone should just calm down and understand this isn’t anything that is brand new,’’ said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), who added that the phone-data program has “worked to prevent’’ terrorist attacks. “

And naturally this is not used for campaign fundraising, campaigns, collecting opposition research for campaigns, hurting opposing campaigns, suppressing opposition turnout, “pressuring” opposition candidates, Supreme Court members, blackmail of key opposition people, or any other act that might be considered at all partisan.

It’s all about keeping you safe from the terrorists that we import to justify all this.

[DBrow]

“I wonder how all this helped prevent the Boston bombing...? Oh wait,,it didn’t”

But Warren got elected as the Mass senator.

[CMB_polarization]

Tracking republicans and sanitizing data of democrats. That’s how it works when you are steering the ship of state.

[DBrow]

“Obama did NOT create this apparatus.
He has almost no input into it’s creation, maintenance, expansion, and scope.”

So who is it?