Q To follow up on last week, you know that New York Times story that talked about the NSA, and how the government was doing much broader surveillance than the White House has acknowledged. Are you familiar with that story?MR. DUFFY: Yes, I saw the story. We'll be declining to comment on any specific operational details. The program -- I think the President said in his press conference and the Attorney General briefed very heavily about, the President's most solemn obligation is to protect the American people, and he will continue to do that. He has the authority granted to the President by the Constitution and it's in line with protecting the civil liberties of all Americans. But we'll decline to --
Q Does the White House still stand by the claim that the order that he issued only allows eavesdropping on a limited number of people with al Qaeda links?
MR. DUFFY: This is a limited program. This is not about monitoring phone calls designed to arrange Little League practice or what to bring to a potluck dinner. These are designed to monitor calls from very bad people to very bad people who have a history of blowing up commuter trains, weddings, and churches. And the President believes that he has the authority -- and he does -- under the Constitution to do this limited program. The Congress has been briefed. It is fully in line with the Constitution and also with protecting American civil liberties.
So, if these are truly bad people, then why are they still able to make phone calls from our very soil? Are they also putting taps on folks who bomb Planned Parenthood facilities or aim their rifles at Doctors who perform abortions? It seems like a very slippery slope has been traversed and they are fallying pell-mell into the crevasse of illegal and unethical violation of civil rights of the American People. But that's just me typing.
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I luv the nickname you gave Trent- and yes , due to lack of "operational details" ( yeah, Trent you can kiss my ass- I bet those "details" been shredded like crazy this holiday week)...The bottem line is that yeah, we don't know How many and WHOM is on all of these special lists..and if they are taking the time to spy on Quaker grannies and vegan kids, what's next ? I think we should all FOIA the govt' and find out Which lists we are on ( nsa, fifa,pentagon, cia, fbi)...1930's Germany has lots of lists...and next came rules..who could and could not go to different events, who could travel ( oh, wait we have that), Library lists ( oh, wait we have that).....okay, you get my point...Blog on, keep blogging it...
PS. I added you to my blogroll ; )
Revisiting what the meaning of 'is' is
MR. DUFFY: This is a limited program. This is not about monitoring phone calls designed to arrange Little League practice or what to bring to a potluck dinner. These are designed to monitor calls from very bad people to very bad people who have a history of blowing up commuter trains, weddings, and churches.
And this nuclear weapon is only designed to kill very bad people.
Y'all good people have nothing to worry about.
anony- sorry we have been fed a load of crap- THEY were Monitoring 1000's of calls and communications a day...it had nothing to do with "Bad People" or "keeping us safe" and it sure as shit wasn't just a little ol"eavesdropping....
And yeah, this mom knows what she is talking about...there was spying even on moms...yeah, moms...
( evironmentalists, activists, and people that advocated against poverty...homelessness...oh, hell everyone...)
Fascism is a tricky thing...Mussolini had trouble selling the Saving the World Against Terrorism argument by year No4......even his propaganda failed him...sound familiar?
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