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Napolitano says keeping America safe may require civil liberty, privacy trade-offs
Associated Press ^
| June 18, 2010
Posted on 06/19/2010 11:18:33 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (AP) Fighting homegrown terrorism by monitoring Internet communications is a civil liberties trade-off the U.S. government must make to beef up national security, the nation's homeland security chief said Friday.
As terrorists increasingly recruit U.S. citizens, the government needs to constantly balance Americans' civil rights and privacy with the need to keep people safe, said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2takelibertyaway; 4thecommongood; bhodhs; democrats; dhs; homelandinsecurity; liberalfascism; lping; napolitano; obama; stockpilesong
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To: Free ThinkerNY
As terrorists increasingly recruit U.S. citizens, the government needs to constantly balance Americans' civil rights and privacy with the need to keep people safe, said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. And who will keep us safe from the United States government?
I worry more about what the IRS can do to me than what al Qaeda might do.
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:32:29 AM PDT
by
FrogMom
(No such thing as an honest democrat!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
from "An American Expat in Southeast Asia"
...Our respect for the sanctity of life has in the past, and has always been our greatest protection from the ultimate tyranny of an all-powerful state and yet in recent years we seem to have willingly subjugated ourselves by allowing the State to become the ultimate arbitrator in determinations of who is worthy of life and who is not. Having elevated the State on such a pedestal, we have in essence charted our own destiny, we have chosen the path that will ultimately lead to our own peril....In the years ahead, as the world tries desperately to cope with population increases, demographic imbalances, unemployment, and both external and internal threats from quasi-fascist movements such as Islamic fundamentalism it will be social order and stability that will become of paramount importance to many people, much more so than liberty or freedom. Having already placed their lives in the omnipotent hands of the State, is it really such a leap of logic for one to foresee that individuals in the near future will think nothing of sacrificing freedom for security?.
hopefully this will help break me from my prolonged period of writer's block
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:34:55 AM PDT
by
expatguy
(Support "An American Expat in Southeast Asia" - DONATE)
To: Free ThinkerNY
It seems our worst fears are upon us. The Fascist power grab is gaining speed. Obama is preparing us for civil disobedience and riots. Already the UN has vehicles and equipment staged in Florida. If you havent adequate ammo, you had better get it. “For the times they are a changin’”.
What’s funny, if Bush had said this when he was president, the LW would be marching in the streets. Now, they are silent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeBvi4bw0I
To: Free ThinkerNY
Would some one please tell that fat ugly freak that touching the Internet may well bring on revolt?
However, given how ‘revolting’ she is, behaviorally and surficially, there is the likelihood she thinks revolting is OK.
Pray for the Republic.
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:37:05 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Oh my Nappy! Just a few short years ago...
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:38:14 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Screw yourself Big Sis, and the horse you rode in on!
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:40:03 AM PDT
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: RFEngineer
"As terrorists increasingly recruit U.S. citizens, the government needs to constantly balance Americans civil rights and privacy with the need to keep people safe, said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
Yeah, porky...that's what Brewer is trying to tell you refugees from an insane asylum up there, but you want to sue her and Arizona for it. I think that quote should be used by Brewers defense attorney, as you just won her case for her...dipstick.
You want to keep the country safe, get rid of all that "politically correct" B.S., stop worrying about "profiling", and give us all the right to carry...we'll keep it safe for you.
The government can't even run the post office or the licensing bureau...somehow they don't make me feel very safe, at least not with the current CIC (clown in chief) at the helm.
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:44:26 AM PDT
by
FrankR
(Standing against tyranny must start somewhere, or the future belongs to the tyrants.)
To: Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; Allerious; ...
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:48:26 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Terror, terrorist, terrorism.......I didn't know there was such a thing. Now, we're expected to sacrifice constitutional rights for a nonexistent threat?
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:48:57 AM PDT
by
bereanway
(Sarah get your gun)
To: Halgr
Big Brother (Sister) is ushering in an Orwellian FUTURE!!!No, you were right the first time. Have you seen this womyn?
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:51:13 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:51:16 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(Pray for the people and animals affected in the Gulf of Mexico by oilspill. =^..^=)
To: counterpunch
The Homeland Security was the brainchild of Liebermann in the Senate with help of McCain.
Bush didn’t want it in the first place!
To: sauropod
This is exactly what the Left screamed about during Ws administration.Well that's because they were afraid that their plans for the country would be exposed during a time when something might have been done. Now that they are in power, there is no reason to 'hide' their intentions.
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:52:02 AM PDT
by
Outlaw Woman
(Blessed Is The Nation Whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound
But he signed it.
Bush could have set the tone that we will not let the terrorists win by changing our way of life, or limiting our own freedoms at home.
But he didn’t. Most certainly not by his actions.
Let’s not forget that much of what Bush did was to try to overcompensate politically for 9/11 happening on his watch. His response was to overreach in many ways, so Americans could see he was “doing something.”
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posted on
06/19/2010 11:59:29 AM PDT
by
counterpunch
(Heckuva job, Barry!)
To: sauropod
That wasn’t the *Left*, necessarily.
Plenty of us on this side of the aisle saw what was happening. And it been happening for over a hundred years.
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posted on
06/19/2010 12:00:11 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Says the leader of the new S.S.
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posted on
06/19/2010 12:02:01 PM PDT
by
Rocky
(REPEAL IT!)
To: Free ThinkerNY; All
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
--Benjamin Franklin, February 1775
To: Free ThinkerNY
With that “nut” still on the payroll it’s a miracle we haven’t all been blownup already!
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posted on
06/19/2010 12:02:40 PM PDT
by
lonestar
(Barry is furious the big spill wasn't caused by EXXON...would have nationalized it by now.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Those who think I will trade my civil liberties for security from Big Sister
need a Tony Lama in the keister . kbennkc
Keister is much more Reaganesque than @$$.
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posted on
06/19/2010 12:04:21 PM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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