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John Kerry concedes Obama’s spy team ‘reached too far’
Small Government Times ^ | 2013-09-12 | Steve Adcock

Posted on 11/09/2013 7:20:30 AM PST by sdnet

Secretary of State John Kerry surprised many reporters, as well as intelligence, law enforcement and military officials, when he conceded on Friday that some of the U.S. surveillance has gone “too far.” The Obama administration has come under intense criticism from many world leaders including some heads of state from NATO allies, according to Josh Hollander, a former intelligence-division police detective.

Responding to increased questioning by major news organizations, Secretary Kerry admitted that at times the technological surveillance by the super-secret National Security Agency (NSA) “have reached too far.”

However, Kerry quickly alluded to the Obama claim of ignorance when he added, “There is no question that the president and I have actually learned of some things that had been happening, in many ways, on an automatic pilot because the technology is there,” Kerry was quoted as saying.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nsa; police; spy; surveillance

1 posted on 11/09/2013 7:20:30 AM PST by sdnet
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To: sdnet

Kerry is still a traitor.

The only reason they are saying these things is because they got caught. NSA seems to have spied on all the military commanders and is purging the good ones.


2 posted on 11/09/2013 7:24:48 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: sdnet

One thing is certain, whenever Obama finally finds out about all this NSA spying he is going to be mad as hell!


3 posted on 11/09/2013 7:26:32 AM PST by Junk Silver
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To: sdnet

Lurch layin’ pipe for a Top Job re-run.


4 posted on 11/09/2013 7:27:33 AM PST by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of 0bamaÂ’s America)
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To: sdnet
“There is no question that the president and I have actually learned of some things that had been happening, in many ways, on an automatic pilot because the technology is there,”

"The Secretary of State and the President said it's all your fault."


5 posted on 11/09/2013 7:30:52 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: mountainlion

> The only reason they are saying these things is because they got caught. NSA seems to have spied on all the military commanders and is purging the good ones.

I think this exactly what happened. They’ve been monitoring who approves of the president’s actions and who don’t both at work and at home via emails, cell phone and landline calls, tweets, and Facebook postings and booting them. Of course they don’t know about the smart ones that are in place who are aware of their monitoring. They will be activated when the time is right.

JUST KIDDING NSA...;)


6 posted on 11/09/2013 7:35:45 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Junk Silver

“One thing is certain, whenever Obama finally finds out about all this NSA spying he is going to be mad as hell!”

Did you forget your sarcasm mark?

Or did you join FR less than a month ago to tell us that O is innocent?


7 posted on 11/09/2013 8:39:46 AM PST by kitkat (STORM THE HEAVENS WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY.)
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To: kitkat

My apologies, I thought sarcasm was implied anytime we talk about Obama not knowing what’s going on in his administration.

No doubt all the totalitarianism, the growing Surveillance State and the increasing restrictions on free speech are all coming straight from the top.


8 posted on 11/09/2013 9:01:43 AM PST by Junk Silver
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To: sdnet

They found out about it like the rest of us, on TV. :-)


9 posted on 11/09/2013 11:12:07 AM 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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