Lindsey Graham: ‘If I thought censoring the mail was necessary, I would suggest it’
Censoring the mail is ok, but restricting gun purchases for people on the terror watch list is not?
Category: politics
James Clapper must go
according to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Clapper was given a full day’s advance notice that the question was coming, and yet he nonetheless still opted to lie.
Wyden Cites Contradiction In National Intelligence Director’s Eavesdropping Answer
Wyden Cites Contradiction In National Intelligence Director’s Eavesdropping Answer
Clapper needs to resign.
Senators push bill to declassify secret FISA surveillance rulings
Senators push bill to declassify secret FISA surveillance rulings
“Americans deserve to know how much information about their private communications the government believes it’s allowed to take under the law,” said Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who is spearheading the effort with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
The legislation has a powerful backer in Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Sens. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) have also signed on as co-sponsors.
Time to call your senator again.
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(via Good Guy Russ – under the usa patriot act the government can go on a fish)
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Scumbag Congress
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Obviously, a program called “BOUNDLESS Informant” is entirely limited and modest in scope. Obviously. — David Sirota (@davidsirota) June 10, 2013
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(via Twitter / PacoLebel: As always @ggreenwald NAILED …)
James Clapper Clarifies Remarks Over NSA Snooping
James Clapper Clarifies Remarks Over NSA Snooping
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Thursday that he stood by what he told Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in March when he said that the National Security Agency does not “wittingly” collect data on millions of Americans.
Do you think the House GOP could take a break from votes on Acorn, ObamaCare and Benghazi to investigate this instead? How about a discussion on repealing the Patriot act?
Boehner Declines To Explain Why NSA Phone Tracking Is Necessary
Boehner Declines To Explain Why NSA Phone Tracking Is Necessary
If only he was in some position to draft legislation stripping this power from the president so it can never happen again. Sadly, he is powerless to do anything about it.