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Breaking: NSA Eavesdropped on People Whom They Had Personal Grudges (Audio)
Gateway Pundit ^ | June 7, 2013 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 06/07/2013 10:48:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Renee Montagne from NPR spoke with liberal columnist and author Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who co-wrote the stories for the British newspaper The Guardian, today on the massive data-mining scandal.

Greenwald dropped this bomb during the interview.

“There are reported examples of the NSA, analysts at the NSA, using mechanisms they have access to. ABC reported several years ago through whistle blowers that they have used it to eavesdrop on people on whom they have personal grudges. There are isolated examples of the Patriot Act being abused. The problem is that the entire system operates behind a wall of extreme secrecy.”

Here’s Greenwald on NPR this morning:

(AUDIO-AT-LINK)

But surely the Obama administration would not eavesdrop on political opponents.

Right?

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: benghazi; fastandfurious; impeachnow; irs; nsa; obama; obamaenemies; obamaspeople; politicalenemies; prism; reneemontagne; scandals; spyingoncitizens; spyingondissent; spyingonopponents; surveillance; terrorism; threatmatrix; tyranny; wiretapping
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

St_Thomas_Aquinas ~:” Why wouldn’t you trust a communist? “

With the electronic ear , a commie wouldn’t even need the KGB , or spetsnaz !
The only terrorism I see is electonic domestic spying
and a buddy in NSA.
Who provides oversight over NSA .. Holder ?? </sarc>


21 posted on 06/07/2013 11:02:55 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (" Criminals simply donÂ’t care if they break the law. " by Larry Correia)
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To: Buckeye McFrog; rmlew

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hava_Nagila

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22 posted on 06/07/2013 11:02:58 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: struggle

“So THAT’S why McCain and Lindsay Graham vote like idiots. The NSA are listening.”

That is the winning answer of the day


23 posted on 06/07/2013 11:03:11 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: struggle

No, McCain and Graham are just liberal idiots in RINO clothing.


24 posted on 06/07/2013 11:03:15 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is anyone surprised by this? Anyone at all? Give someone power and secrecy and they’ll eventually abuse it.


25 posted on 06/07/2013 11:04:05 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act - Orwell)
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To: usconservative

Believe what you want to believe.

I personally believe they’re either on the take or blackmailed.


26 posted on 06/07/2013 11:04:10 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is similar to the 900+ files of political enemies that Clinton had in the WH.


27 posted on 06/07/2013 11:05:08 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“There are isolated examples of the Patriot Act being abused.”


By some low level rogue flunkies in Cincinatti maybe?


28 posted on 06/07/2013 11:05:33 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: Black Agnes

Of the two choices you present, I’ll choose “on the take.” But then I’m of the belief they’re all crooked, corrupt bastards anyway.


29 posted on 06/07/2013 11:06:59 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: TADSLOS

I’ll bet the next one is gonna be a doozie.


30 posted on 06/07/2013 11:07:01 AM PDT by RedwM
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I just wonder how much of their snooping led to IRS audits.


31 posted on 06/07/2013 11:07:22 AM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: usconservative

Just don’t ask me how I think they ‘pay’ linseed. It’s a family forum after all.


32 posted on 06/07/2013 11:07:37 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is a reason why government should be limited, and the power government employees have should be limited, and it doesn’t matter how professional the employees are. Power corrupts.


33 posted on 06/07/2013 11:07:56 AM PDT by pallis
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To: Personal Responsibility
Give someone power and secrecy and they’ll eventually abuse it.

And give a Chicago pol some power and secrecy and he'll use it before the sun goes down today.

34 posted on 06/07/2013 11:08:22 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: usconservative

What’s to stop them from putting some thing on your computer so they can go after you ?


35 posted on 06/07/2013 11:08:36 AM PDT by molson209
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To: molson209

Nothing.


36 posted on 06/07/2013 11:09:34 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: P-Marlowe
If he has any love for country-he needs to step forward now.

I won't hold my breath.

37 posted on 06/07/2013 11:11:20 AM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Liberals are immature to begin. Immature people are petty and vengeful. Give them infinite ability to snoop on people and ruin their lives, and you have a pretty toxic brew going.

One gets the sense that the living God is about to click the refresh button on the great octopus that is the Federal Government.


38 posted on 06/07/2013 11:12:49 AM PDT by lurk
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well, we know for sure that this surveillance on the American people had ZERO to do with fighting terrorism. If it had, then the Ft. Hood massacre would have been prevented. Surely, the NSA would have been monitoring phone conversations between Nidal Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki. Unfortunately, the NSA wasn't looking for buzzwords like 'Jihad'. Nope, the buzzwords they were looking for were 'TEA Party', 'Second Amendment', and 'Freedom'.

From April, 2009: New DHS Domestic Terrorism Report Targets Millions of Americans

39 posted on 06/07/2013 11:13:05 AM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I have to ask again: are we describing the Obama Administration or a banana republic?
40 posted on 06/07/2013 11:13:37 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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