such bs
Well that’s easy enough, they polled Americans, not U. S. Citizens. Evidently they found enough foreign nationals from America that they could swing this sucker wildly.
Great. So why stop just at terrorosm? They could let the gov't monitor everything that could stop any crime, or any loss of even a single life.
Hey PEW, ask them if they'd support monitoring all gun sales (because someone could get shot). All alcohol sales (drunk driver prevention). All tobacco and trans fat sales (someone could get sick 20 years down the road).
Better yet, just let the Feds mandate that no new automobile may be capable of going over 40 mph. Just think of the 40,000 lives (and critters too) that would be saved annually.
Have any facts been disclosed regarding the nature of the surveillance, or are most people relying solely on the word of one young, former contractor?
Is it worse to be suspicious, do nothing, and subsequently conditioned than to be ignorant? Why are people seemingly more acceptable of surveillance today than years ago? Political hypocrisy?
I have been effectively defending the NSA, but the adults still need to step up and ensure privacy is properly protected at every conceivable level. There must be political firewalls in place that are facilitated by the private sector. Data should be effectively anonymous until warranted by the courts. Not sure how to associate anonymous data from disparate sources though. Maybe through a trusted 3rd party (uh... excluding Snowden).
The organization that created the healthcare death panels should know who you’re talking to and for how long if they say it will keep us safer.
A WaPo poll is worth the toilet paper it is printed on.
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace.
"We seek not your counsel, nor your arms.
Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
-- Samuel Adams
Americans deserve chains.
This is not what the polling says.
Is there nobody left that isn’t a criminal or a criminal conspirator?
This American believes it is unacceptable for my government to go trawling for criminals or even storing anything about me when I am under no suspicion for a crime.
LIES LIES EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS THE FREAKING LIARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE SAY THE POPULACE SUPPORTS IT.
LIES
“Most Americans” don’t understand that virtually every call, text, email, or online transaction is being recorded by the government. They have been deceived. It’s going to take time.
The USG is the #1 terrorist. Who is monitoring them?
BS!
And here I was wondering all day how they were going to try and spin this. I figured they’d either have Snowden’s GF (or her daughter) claim rape by evening news time.
With that said, I wouldn’t believe this propoganda piece if they only polled washington post employees. And since thr fedgov loveds to snoop, I’ll give them something to wet the bed over:
(Ahem - biff biff... is this thing on? Good): attention spooks: you can buy up all the ammo. Go ahead and hunt down Snowden and make an example out of him. You can trash out borders, weaken the currency, even give a good race riot for our summer entertainment...
... and it won’t make a damn bit of difference. You’ve lost the trust of the American people and there’s nothing you can do about it. From the tea party guy, to the occupy wall street gal, and every low information voter in between. They all have smart phones, tables, pc’s etc. Across the political spectrum, no one thinks its you (expletive) business to know everything about the people who pay your salaries.
Think the information highway is your little digital playground? Well monitor this: we’re Americans, dammit! We built this network AND we can tear it down and build another one that’ll leave you spooks playing pacman to avoid dying of bordem! The net only stays up because, well... we’re nice people.
Don’t believe me, just ask a fellow geek.
Go ahead. Throw us in jail. Bankrupt us. Kill us. We don’t care. I for one WILL NOT surrender to evil foreign OR DOSMESTIC!!
Did you get all that over in Fort Meade? Good. Just remember that as of now, we all surf the same web.
Jimjohn - OUT (drops the mic).
Here is the crux of the problem.
When the Obama government says they collect and use data like this to facilitate terrorism investigations and uncover possible terrorist threats most people think they mean they are looking for rage filled muslim crazies determined to kill Americans.
But when high level administration authorities, like Barack Obama, Janet Napolitano and others speak of potential terrorists they don’t only mean muslim crazies, or maybe they don’t mean muslim crazies at all.
But they do mean military vets, gun owners, patriots, anti-abortion and anti-homo Christians, Constitutionalists, advocates of smaller government, people who oppose socialism and communism, etc. - what Obama calls “Bitter Clingers” but what we think of as solid, loyal, American citizens.
That is simply not true. If it were, there’d be no discussion. Most Americans do not want to be spied on.
Where did they take the poll? The men’s room at the Weiner campaign HQ?