He is correct.
If they weren’t doing something like Prism, I would demand that they do so.
I have still not seen anything that says that they are snooping on anything for political purposes.
If the data gathering is looking for “Mohammad & Jihad”, I got no problem with it.
If we find out that they are also doing “Bubba & Tea Party”, THEN I’ve got a problem.
I trust that the NSA is too busy looking for really bad guys to bother with the wishes of an idiot President.
And you can point to how many successes brought about by this snooping...?
Yea, that’s what I thought. None.
So, for the lack of any evidence that this program provides any efficacy in fighting “terrorism,” it’s a treasure trove of information and capability just sitting there, waiting to be mis-used.
“I have still not seen anything that says that they are snooping on anything for political purposes.”
After the IRS revelations, it would be naive to think they weren’t.
>> If the data gathering is looking for “Mohammad & Jihad”, I got no problem with it.
>> If we find out that they are also doing “Bubba & Tea Party”, THEN I’ve got a problem.
Which group is a greater threat to the status quo order?
This is the group that is considered to be the “real” terrorists.
It's not like they use the IRS (and everything else they control) for political purposes, right?
If the IRS was used to harrass Tea Partiers, Christians, Pro-Israel groups and Republican donors, do you have any doubt whatsoever that the communications of the RNC and the Romney campaign weren't subverted?
With PRISM and the Verizon court order, the administration certainly had access to these communications. Do you really believe they closed their eyes and held their ears, when the IRS was engaged in obvious political subversion?
C'mon.