Obama’s ‘efforts’ to reform the NSA may simply be smoke and mirrors. His new pick to head the agency defended spying on Americans on a massive scale, following the administration’s claim that it is a necessary tool to foil terrorist threats.
Responding to questions from Senators, Vice Admiral Michael Rogers stated that it is imperative that the NSA have access to vast amounts of metadata, in order that the government can keep Americans safe.Rogers argued that section 215 of the Patriot Act should remain intact and the spooks should not be hindered from using it to justify mass surveillance.
“The telephone metadata program under Section 215 was designed to map the communications of terrorists so we can see who they may be in contact with as quickly as possible,” Rogers said.
Obviously, Obama’s nomination of Rogers is designed to maintain the status quo at the NSA, not to create any meaningful reforms. He intends to simply replace one agency head with another who will continue violating Americans’ right to privacy, under the shelter of vague suggestions this might, someday, stop a terrorist.
Source: Infowars
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this is why you vote democrats out of our government and stop funding the NSA with our tax dollars we have the cia and homeland security already doing that for suspected individuals not unsuspected amrerican civillians
Obama has demonstrated that he only appoints minions, toadies and muslims. GET THAT DAMN COMMUNIST TYRANT OUT OF OFFICE.
Look out Congress ….. he may give you a little reason to be upset too! Tee hee! “What difference does it make”? You tell me idiots!
this guy is one piece of $#%&!@*
when is congress going to put obama in jail where all traitors and terroists belong….and anyone who backs obama is also a traitor get rid of all of them also….
I don’t understand how obama can do so much wrong and not be held accountable.. I expect some level of corruption from the gov and president.. But his tenure has been a bit ridiculous, not even speculative, there is proof if everything
Hey retards bush started it.
Hey retard actually this goes back decades further back then Bush! And just because those before Obama started it, does not make it right now that Obama is doing it. Retard.
Everyone knows the Patriot Act became law under Bush. We didn’t like it then and still do not.
The Patriot Act was created by George Bush in order to spy on suspected Muslim terrorists. And, that is how it was used and worked.
Enter Obama onto the scene: Unfortunately, he changed the definition of who IS and who IS NOT a “terrorist” has changed! Those who are terrorists now are: the Tea Party, Conservatives, Republicans. Those who are NOT are ‘extremist Muslims’, the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaeda, the Taliban, ‘undocumented aliens’ and a few other ‘Americans.
The BIG question is not why Congress supports UNLIMITED spying on US but why the COURTS approve it IN SPITE of the fact that it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
“The People must enforce and protect the Constitution which can be perverted by the Courts and Congress. Since the People control the Courts and Congress, the people do not have to change the Constitution but remove those who attempt to pervert it.” [paraphrased] ~Abraham Lincoln.