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Obama promises not to spy on EU leaders
EU Observer ^ | 18.01.14 @ 16:57 | Andrew Rettman

Posted on 01/18/2014 2:56:25 PM PST by Olog-hai

US President Barack Obama has said he will not spy on EU leaders or conduct economic espionage, but will continue snooping on ordinary US and EU citizens.

He made the pledge in a TV speech on Friday (17 January) in reaction to the Edward Snowden leaks.

“I’ve made clear to the intelligence community that unless there is a compelling national security purpose, we will not monitor the communications of heads of state and government of our close friends and allies,” he said.

“We do not collect intelligence to provide a competitive advantage to US companies or US commercial sectors,” he added.

He justified the mass-scale collection of information on ordinary US or foreign nationals’ telephone calls, however. …

(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: edwardsnowden; euelites; europeanunion; eussr; kenyanbornmuzzie; lyingliar; nsa; obama; obamansapresser; russia; yeswescan
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To: Olog-hai

the Brooklyn Bridge is still for sale


21 posted on 01/18/2014 3:33:23 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Olog-hai
From the article: So, in other words, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Just another narcissistic photo op.
22 posted on 01/18/2014 3:37:14 PM PST by upchuck (Stop this abuse now! Get behind Convention of States: http://bit.ly/1ak1Iz9)
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To: JimSEA

“unless there is a compelling national security purpose”.

And those are sooooo hard to dream up when you need an excuse for something


23 posted on 01/18/2014 3:39:30 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: upchuck

If the EU leaders are at least mouth breathing they should know not to believe one word out of little barry bastard boy’s mouth. He is completely and utterly without honesty. He is a degenerate, lying, drug-addled fascist.


24 posted on 01/18/2014 3:39:55 PM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: All

after he’s finished deballing the military, he destroys our ability to collect intel...

whew, good thing we didn’t elect Romney...


25 posted on 01/18/2014 3:50:32 PM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: Mr. K

LOL!— good one- I hope the teleprompter guy puts that in!


26 posted on 01/18/2014 3:57:50 PM PST by mj1234
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To: Olog-hai

If you like your privacy, you can keep it.


27 posted on 01/18/2014 4:02:32 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The War on Drugs has been used as an excuse to steal your rights. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Olog-hai

Clown Prince nobama’s “promises” are merely his spewing more lies. Liars lie...that’s what they do.


28 posted on 01/18/2014 4:18:58 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Olog-hai

Ask Angela Merkel what she thinks about Bam and his promises. I heard she personally called him on the phone and cussed him out for bugging her cellphone. Exactly what I would have done.

Its like we have regressed back to high school only its our country. I’m waiting for him to put plastic wrap on Amgela’s toilet seat.

We have met our leader and he is Urkel. :-)


29 posted on 01/18/2014 4:19:52 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Olog-hai
“I’ve made clear to the intelligence community that unless there is a compelling national security purpose, we will not monitor the communications of heads of state and government of our close friends and allies,” he said.

So in other words, he's not promising not to spy. He's just saying he'll find a national security purpose, and whether that purpose is real or not will only be known to him. In other words, business as usual.

30 posted on 01/18/2014 4:20:43 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: Olog-hai
...unless there is a compelling national security purpose...

lol

31 posted on 01/18/2014 4:21:47 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Olog-hai

And the EU leaders are satisfied with Zero’s promise?

If so, they SHOULD be spied on for being stupid.


32 posted on 01/18/2014 4:36:41 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: Olog-hai

So, he lied.


33 posted on 01/18/2014 4:41:00 PM PST by matt04
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To: Olog-hai

Dear EU,

“If you like your secrets, you can keep your secrets.”

Signed,

America’s Token Idiot Quota Baby


34 posted on 01/18/2014 5:14:01 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Olog-hai

Who really gives a damn what this Kenyan jack-ass says. Every word out of his mouth is a lie.


35 posted on 01/18/2014 5:35:35 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: eyedigress

Our “allies” overseas use his words as a gauge for their own actions, especially whether or not to become more hawkish themselves. So yeah; they care, for now.


36 posted on 01/18/2014 5:37:00 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I don’t understand. Everything he says is a lie. Just go from there.


37 posted on 01/18/2014 5:46:08 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: F15Eagle
YIKES!
38 posted on 01/18/2014 5:56:43 PM PST by jetson (THE)
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To: eyedigress

I don’t think that when he spoke with Medvedev, he was lying. Remember that?


40 posted on 01/18/2014 5:58:06 PM PST by Olog-hai
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