Posted on 08/14/2013 8:01:24 AM PDT by Nachum
President Barack Obama privately derided the controversy over the blockbuster June 6 revelation of the National Security Agency’s far-reaching capabilities as “noise rather than something that’s real and meaningful,” said Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Duncan revealed Obama’s dismissive attitude to the dramatic claims by a former defense contractor, Edward Snowden, in a Washington Post report on a White House program to increase Internet use in schools.
Obama made the remark to Duncan on June 6, as they were flying on Air Force One to visit a school in Mooresville, N.C., according to the last few paragraphs of the Post’s Aug. 13 article.
Instead of showcasing the president’s June 6 speech about a new plan to boost Internet use in schools, the major media in the United States and abroad were focused on Snowden’s claims that the NSA was copying huge quantities of private, commercial and criminal emails from around the world.
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He never believed in the Constitution or in liberty, so why should the spying bother anyone?
Barack Obama is not very bright.
That “Noise” you hear is the Bill Of Rights being torn up by 0bama.
His Under 30 Twitterati base will like this.....NOT!
Saddam did all of the same things... remaining so regal when being tried... remind me... how did that end?
Obama is pushing the controversial fund-raising scheme, according to the Washington Post, and told his staff that “We are here to do big things — and we can do this without Congress.”
{ Crickets } About what I expected.
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