Our country has held ourselves up to be better than the rest of the world. We’ve suffered a major loss of face.
If the CIA and FBI spent more time on our enemies and the real threats, they wouldn’t bother spying on us.
>> If the CIA and FBI spent more time on our enemies and the real threats, they wouldn’t bother spying on us.
What makes you believe the agencies are not focusing their time and resources in a way that best serves the Country’s security and liberties?
FWIW, I haven’t lost faith in the NSA nor the CIA despite the data gathering concerns — not something I’m dismissing as irrelevant. And I don’t consider either tools of the current regime.
If the FBI was serious they would be profiling Muslims, especially those who travel abroad. But they’re too worried about not offending muslims. The Russians specifically told the FBI that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a likely terrorist, and what did they do? Nothing. Major Nidal Hasan was telling anyone who would listen he supported the jihadis. Everyone was afraid to do anything about it for fear of being accused of Islamophobia. And even after the shooting, Army Chief of Staff General George Casey said the MOST IMPORTANT THING is that there is no anti-Muslim backlash. Yet these people will somehow “keep us safe” by knowing every call everyone in the country made and where they were when they made it?