Posted on 06/07/2013 2:40:42 PM PDT by Jean S
Republican and Democratic lawmakers already are plotting ways to rein in the Obama administration's mass collection of phone and Internet data, after a rapid-fire series of disclosures about the program set off privacy alarms.
"This is a dragnet," Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., told Fox News on Friday.
The latest development, as reported by The Guardian newspaper, is that the British government has also been secretly gathering intelligence from U.S. Internet companies via the U.S. National Security Agency data-mining project. That project, along with reports about a secret court order allowing the government to collect phone records for millions of Verizon customers, triggered a renewed debate this week over whether Americans are trading too much privacy for a sense of security.
President Obama, speaking publicly for the first time on the controversy, said Friday that the programs have made a difference in tracking terrorists and are not tantamount to "Big Brother."
Obama acknowledged that the U.S. government is collecting reams of phone records, including phone numbers and the duration of calls, but said this does not include listening to calls or gathering the names of callers
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Dear law makers,
Criminals do not obey laws,
The end.
Dear CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX,etc
Will someone do just a LITTLE journalism here and ask the following question:
IF the datamining were just routine or “no big deal”
WHY would they need a SECRET COURT ORDER ALLOWING them to secure these things from private companies?
Must we citizens do ALL the legwork?
Why is our government afraid of us?
I really want to know.
Per various reports regarding the various scandals, many of those in Washington have known about the activities for months in some cases and for years in other cases.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner’s actions seem more at feigned indignation.
Various senate and house committees have known about the programs for a long time.
The horse is already out of the barn.
And then, when they disobey and get caught, nothing is done about it.
Definition of insanity.
If you have an Obama phone should you expect any privacy?
Wrong answer.
We’ve had nearly a decade of the patriot act and I fail to see any real justification of it even in its earliest form. Its morphed into a massive domestic spy tool with even less justification and it carries the added burden of being available to be used by anyone with access in any way they choose.
Its got to be eliminated.
Dear Congress: I don’t want this “fixed” or “tweaked” or “reigned in”. I want it GONE.
I agree with you. This is a criminal government. The only way to rein it in is to stop the funding.
The Obama phones were used to get the vote out. Indiana’s Attorney General has already filed suit.
Parse that one folks. As Obie sez, "No one is 'listening' to your phone calls."
However we do have a monstrously huge facility in Utah which is capable of transcribing, sorting and cataloguing everything you say and do. But of course, we would never use it. Wink, wink. Nod, nod.
'When I use a word,' Humpty O'Bumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'
I don’t think they are really afraid of us, I think the ones in power want to stay in power and are looking for any means possible to do so. If you (as in government) have enough info on enough people at the right time you can stay in power forever. That’s probably what they did to Justice Roberts.
The Obama administration is the Mafia on steroids.
Impeach the Regime for treason, then hang them.
Nothing else will be effective.
I think I speak for most FReepers when I say anything is worth giving up to be safe from TERROR. I think I speak for most FReepers and real, true, America-first conservatives when I say that TERROR is the worst threat to us all above anything the government could ever do. Anything they do pales in comparison to terror.
I think I speak for most FReepers when I say a rectally-inserted sensor that reads my thoughts wouldn’t be too much to keep me safe from TERROR.
I love America first and I do what the government says and fear who the government tells me to fear.
If you aren’t doing anything wrong, what are you worried about?
Love the government, because they love you and keep you safe.
FEAR TERROR - give the government more power to keep us all safe!
Exactly. They are recording calls for later use as required by Obama.
Forget terror, it,s jihad to worry about.
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