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White House Will Stop Spying on Allies, Feinstein Says
The Wall Street Journal ^ | October 28, 2013 | Siobhan Gorman

Posted on 10/28/2013 4:25:23 PM PDT by abb

Edited on 10/28/2013 4:27:01 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The White House will halt surveillance of U.S. allies, according to the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, reflecting a major shift in policy.

The move comes in the wake of revelations that the U.S. has been spying on world leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and appears to include any surveillance of allied foreign leaders.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fourthamendment; snowden; spying
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Cracks beginning to show in the intel cabal.
1 posted on 10/28/2013 4:25:23 PM PDT by abb
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Or at least they will pretend to stop spying on allies


2 posted on 10/28/2013 4:26:04 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: abb

Stop spying on allies. Does that include us?


3 posted on 10/28/2013 4:26:39 PM PDT by stanne
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What’s she got to do with anything?

She’s got no power to say anything in this.


4 posted on 10/28/2013 4:26:59 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: abb

Here’s an idea! Let’s shoot ourselves in BOTH feet!


5 posted on 10/28/2013 4:27:07 PM PDT by Ax
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To: Steely Tom

So, if they stop spying on their allies, and the Tea Party and the Muslim Jihadists..Maybe they could cut some of the budget over there at NSA...


6 posted on 10/28/2013 4:27:56 PM PDT by rovenstinez (,)
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To: abb

Yes but she and her chin both believe U.S. citizens should be monitored.


7 posted on 10/28/2013 4:28:56 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: abb

Thank you so much, President Feinstein.


8 posted on 10/28/2013 4:29:00 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: abb

They’ll stop spying on european allies to devote more resources to spying on us.


9 posted on 10/28/2013 4:29:18 PM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: abb

If you like your health plan, you can keep it!


10 posted on 10/28/2013 4:30:40 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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I’m sure all our allies are resting easier now that DiFi has assured them of it. ROTFLOL!


11 posted on 10/28/2013 4:31:06 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: stanne

“Stop spying on allies. Does that include us?”

Are you an ally? Of course they will continue to spy on us.


12 posted on 10/28/2013 4:32:01 PM PDT by rey
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To: abb

Luckily everyone knows our government would never lie.


13 posted on 10/28/2013 4:32:41 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: rey

Does anyone with at least 1/2 of a functioning brain cell believe anyone in this Clown Car administration about anything?


14 posted on 10/28/2013 4:32:54 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: GeronL

If it can be done, it will be done. Promising to stop spying is the most unbelievable kind of promise of all.


15 posted on 10/28/2013 4:33:12 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: abb

BUT, the American People are still enemies, so THAT spying will continue.


16 posted on 10/28/2013 4:33:40 PM PDT by Gator113 ( Cruz, Palin and Lee speak for me, most everyone else is just noise.)
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To: Steely Tom

So, Di-Fi, how ya gonna do that? Get Issa to hold another “hearing”?


17 posted on 10/28/2013 4:34:15 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (The 0baMao Experiment: Abject Failure)
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Does that include us?

We're seen as the enemy.

18 posted on 10/28/2013 4:34:42 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: abb

Do we have any allies left, excepting Al Qaeda?


19 posted on 10/28/2013 4:34:42 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie ( "I was all for Obamacare, until I found out I was paying for it." - California Girl)
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To: All

this is all by design..


20 posted on 10/28/2013 4:35:29 PM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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