To End The FReepathon
Let us remember the WSJ is in McConnell’s corner and wrote hit pieces on Cruz when he confronted the Chinless Wonder in the Senate.
So the WSJ siding with Rubio on this should be no surprise. Rubio walked the fence between his loyalty to his Tea Party supporters and sidling up to the good old boys. It’s paying off in the short term as indicated by the WSJ quote.
Rubio belongs in the trash heap. He belongs to the Establishment and they are backing him now that Bush is toast. We don’t need “more of the same” in this country.
As I understand it, the metadata is held by ATT, Verizon, Sprint and the like and can be obtained by the government via a court order.
This keeps the government from tracking Freepers and such but allows access to the phone records of the bad guys. That makes sense to me.
This is an important point. Correct me if I’m wrong.
One cannot be serious about national security if one is opposed to enforcement of immigration laws.
Rubio has shown he is not serious.
The difficulty here is that it is not prudent to explain the details of WHY the USA Freedom Act is actually workable.
Explaining the detailed differences between the prior procedures and new procedures only aids the enemy.
Rubio shows his true colors as being for a big, controlling, invasive government, and he doesn’t mind twisting the truth (i.e. lying) to get it. Lest anyone think Rubio is trying to earn votes from conservatives, this should dispel that.
As usual with Cruz, he is trying to have it both ways. He voted for the Patriot Act and yet he is try to take credit for the ban on bulk metadata collection. He two faced on to many issues.
If bulk collection of metadata was effective in identifying terrorists, San Bernadino would not have happened. Senator Cruz is right. Indiscriminate collection of data subject the ordinary citizens of this country to abuse by unscrupulous government.