I don't care about things being made to the public. I care about wide-ranging expansions of the executive branch and authorizing infringements on individual's civil liberties and privacy. I don't care that the methods were made public. I care that the methods were used at all.
What are these methods?..don't bother Nobody knows.
Could be some of that super secret stuff some reporters find in their cubicles on a Friday.The article seems to be mixing things they found out about years ago with the "report". Shrug.
Since we have no idea..lets assume shall we.
Lets assume its a data sniffer he approved. Meaning the 'they' have super computers that monitor cell phones for key words etc..then keep huge fields on names of individuals who meet certain theorycraft on who may or may not be a member of al Qaeda.
Yeah ok...
Doesn't that make sense to you? Don't you think thats a good idea during a war.
"Knowing is half the Battle".. GI Joe is there?
Don't you think the real world effect on your civil liberties is not nearly as profound and bad in that hypothetical or real life cases?
I think reality has shown your liberties in this are not being infringed upon in a manner to warrant this black helicoptor style 'they' are coming for us nonsense.Instead these actions are are preserving those liberties and protecting them ....and those who practice them.
He didn't seize control of a publicly owned company or anything..
He approved of highly classified(and undefined remember) actions that improved the intelligence aspects/capabilities of the USA while the USA is at War. Without unduly harming the lives/right/liberties/whatever of Americans.
It seems to have been and be working very well... at least in defense of the homefront.
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It is profound. September 11, the War on Terror, the Patriot Act and the many things each entailed are very, very "profound".
Its doesn't even get to the boring legalese level of the Patriot Act...
"President Authorized Super Secret Intelligence Actions"
That is not profound information its Common Sense information...makes a snazy headline. C'mon.
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Can you make an argument without resorting to racially charged statements?
I'm not afraid to ask the racially charged questions.
It is a starkly obvious and undeniably plausable reason why those who would like to portray this information in a nefarious way would not want to Impeach O for these same evil acts..
But maybe not..maybe its the (D).