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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

And some people still think he’s doing a good job.


41 posted on 01/18/2014 5:59:17 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Olog-hai
Just precious is all I can say to all you dummies out there that believe one ounce of his crap. It's hard for me to believe that anyone on FR falls for this garbage, but I am sure there are libtards visiting here routinely.

Lips moving out comes lies


42 posted on 01/18/2014 6:21:54 PM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Olog-hai

Never mind that. How about not spying on We The People without a warrant showing probable cause?


43 posted on 01/18/2014 6:50:24 PM PST by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: Jerry Attrick

That was my first thought, too.


44 posted on 01/18/2014 6:56:48 PM PST by bahits
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To: Olog-hai

Obama getting banged by EU and supporters....Obama will chill out on EU because he wants that Free Trade deal with the EU done

Of course, he will still spy on Americans


45 posted on 01/18/2014 7:37:22 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: Olog-hai

I do. Do you think the Russians believe him?


46 posted on 01/18/2014 8:51:44 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: eyedigress

His actions will speak louder than his words, here; if they match up, then he was not. So far, I do not see Obama erecting any missile shield in Europe, or acting any more provocatively towards Russia than to speak flaccidly of their law against the procurement of homosexual propaganda.


47 posted on 01/18/2014 9:06:03 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Honest injun.


48 posted on 01/18/2014 9:18:40 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: 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.

Amazing. He just told us he was going to continue spying on EU leaders and conducting economic espionage!

49 posted on 01/18/2014 10:11:27 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Olog-hai
“We do not collect intelligence to provide a competitive advantage to US companies or US commercial sectors,” he added.

That's probably true. The exception that proves the rule! :-D

50 posted on 01/18/2014 10:14:15 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: F15Eagle

Thanks for the link. It’s out there, if folks want to know.


51 posted on 01/18/2014 10:31:49 PM PST by DoughtyOne (ZERO is still zero, and John Kerry is a mock-puppet!)
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To: Olog-hai

You will not see anything Obama does. He is transparent. Why would he erect something already in place?

Why does ass sex come into this discussion?


52 posted on 01/18/2014 11:31:29 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: Olog-hai

Someone needs to be spying on him. Could you imagine the things that are said behind the scenes between him and his commie advisers.


53 posted on 01/18/2014 11:49:27 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Olog-hai

There was no such promise to American citizens.


55 posted on 01/19/2014 12:17:16 AM PST by Washi (Stop Obama's War On Jobs)
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To: ETL

I doubt that the BND and FSB are sleeping on the job when it comes to something like that.


56 posted on 01/19/2014 12:26:23 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Obama and Putin’s FSB are on the same new world order page. They don’t need to spy on him.


57 posted on 01/19/2014 12:42:42 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

AND OBAMA IS A PROFESSIONAL LIAR..ALSO...

DO YOU TRUST YOUR PRESIDENT?

WAKE UP AMERICANS...


58 posted on 01/19/2014 1:06:39 AM PST by haircutter
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To: haircutter

You’re not asking me if I trust him, are you?


59 posted on 01/19/2014 1:16:12 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: haircutter

I mean, the Russians have little to be concerned about when it comes to Obama. He and they are basically working together toward the same goals.


60 posted on 01/19/2014 3:51:11 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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