Posted on 05/16/2015 5:00:54 PM PDT by Paid_Russian_Troll
A US appeals court has ruled that the NSA's dragnet of millions of Americans' phone calls is illegal, and Edward Snowden served as the catalyst for the decision.
"Americans first learned about the telephone metadata program that appellants now challenge on June 5, 2013, when the British newspaper The Guardian published a FISC order leaked by former government contractor Edward Snowden," the court noted.
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And as usual, The Freeper Left rallied to crucify the man and has since.
And as usual the Freeper Left was wrong.
Just me talking, but what pisses me off the most about this, is that I believe Obama and the other lefties used this vast surveillance machine to their own ends to compromise their political opposition.
Yep.
Lol. Why would “the left” take issue with him? The Left loves him.
The Freeper Left. You find them on the wrong side of any issue. They demanded Romney, Mitch and Jonbon while fighting any conservative that disagreed, they condemned the guy that exposed the NSA spying...
Not standard leftists. Much worse.
May he continue to have good health.
Sure they did. That was the whole point of why it met no Democrat resistance. So what does that say about all the ‘right wingers’ pissed off at Snowden for exposing it? Not that they are on America’s side, thats for sure.
And as a side note, it too, like the Iran deal and trade deal, discussion and approval was made behind closed doors with FULL GOP support.
Snowden is a mixed bag. He’s done some good, but I find him fleeing to Russia, of all places, questionable. And I bet you dollars to donuts that Snowden is some type of leftist or libertarian — certainly not one of us.
So when the next 9/11 happens we won’t be able to trace the terrorist’s phone calls?
Oh I don’t think hes a rabid right winger. He isn’t. But would YOU stay in the country whose government you exposed as a fraud or go to the places they would likely be unable to get at you?
You are right. They are yet to make up their minds on what to post on this thread to ruin it, but you can see their presence in KEYWORDS section.
The courts might have decreed, but who’s going to enforce it? Obama does what he wants.
Like thats some new tech or ability never used prior to this situation?
Did it stop Boston? Texas?
No biggie. Most people never use keywords to begin with.
“See something, say something.”
Snowden saw something, he said something.
“An Appeal Court” is not the final say in the matter.
It was quite revealing watching some condemn the
“spy” for exposing government who was spying on us.
Look at the names of those that did. Many of them are the very same people that push either open liberalism of ‘lesser evil’ on a regular basis. Not all, but overall it’s the came crew ALWAYS on the liberal/unAmerican side of any issue.
Yep.
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