Posted on 06/06/2013 11:43:49 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Actual quote:
“I’m a Verizon customer. I don’t mind Verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the United States. I don’t think you’re talking to the terrorists. I know you’re not. I know I’m not. So we don’t have anything to worry about.”
That’s the eternal rationale for the surveillance state: If you’re not doing anything wrong, you should have no objection. What happens when the definition of “wrong” changes after your information’s been collected? Why would any Republican make this argument right now, when Congress is busy investigating the government’s tax-collection agency for deciding something was “wrong” with the idea of tea partiers applying for nonprofit status?
If you’re going to defend Obama’s phone dragnet—which, incredibly, is even broader than Bush’s — do it at least with due reluctance. Pretend that you care about the privacy interests here, even if you don’t. “With a heavy heart, I must endorse this necessary evil in an age of terror” etc etc. Graham won’t even give the viewer that; he’s perfectly okay with this in the name of jihadi-hunting even though he’s one of the loudest voices in the Senate in accusing the White House of covering up what happened in Benghazi. He doesn’t trust Obama on national security — except when it comes to rounding up millions of innocent people’s phone records, in which case he trusts him absolutely. Between this, his doubts about First Amendment protection for bloggers in publishing leaks, and his militaristic view of whether Koran-burning should be legal, there’s no one worse on civil liberties in either party in Congress. He and McCain are inadvertently doing more to promote Rand Paul than Paul himself is.....
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This is why the Patriot Act should have never been passed. It gave the Govt too many broad powers with little regard to the 4th amendment.
...the first argument of tyrants.
Is he a Bette Midler fan ?
Yes, please Lindsgay...PLEASE keep saying things like this so the lower liberal part of the state of SC will finally get some sense and vote your old gay arse out!!!
Gays used to want to be left alone. The new gay boys want the government and every other pervert in their bedrooms.
Hey Lindsey, let’s tap into your phone line and see what kind of conversations you are having, bet you would enjoy that huh..oh Lindsey, Lindsey, you are proof that there is indeed NO cure for stupid
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- “If you have not done anything wrong you have nothing to worry about!”
- Senator Lindsey Graham
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And the second?
"It's for the children...!"
On an unrelated subject, I am officially going to boycott all things GOOGLE. I already search with other engines, turned off all GOOGLE accounts.. Chrome will be gone on all computers.
Yes, but what they really mean is, "keep talking. Sooner or later you will say something we can pin on you."
Mrs. Lindsey loves having her privacy, er, penetrated. Just ask her hubby John.
The first thing the Obama Admin did was tap all Congress phones even the secret ones
Maybe he should propose a bill where every one undergoes full body cavity searches anytime they want to come out of their houses. As long as it catches some people who have tried to hide something up there, it’s all good. /s
Sheesh, what a moron.
Just another example as to why the Republican party is over. Their Washington, DC division, the national party is just part of the governance problem. They really aren’t that much different from the Democrats.
Maybe that’s why Graham is in Obama’s pocket, Obama has all the goodies on him from the phone tapping
” I don’t think you’re talking to the terrorists. I know you’re not. I know I’m not. So we don’t have anything to worry about.”
Who is your buddy McCain talking to Lisa?
Idiot.
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