Like just about everything else, it's OK as long as we are exempt!
Posted on 01/03/2014 12:05:49 PM PST by Zakeet
The real life magic-mushroom, banana dictatorship envisioned by George Orwell just went full retard.
From VT Senator Bernie Sanders:
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today asked the National Security Agency director whether the agency has monitored the phone calls, emails and Internet traffic of members of Congress and other elected officials.“Has the NSA spied, or is the NSA currently spying, on members of Congress or other American elected officials?” Sanders asked in a letter to Gen. Keith Alexander, the NSA director. “Spying” would include gathering metadata on calls made from official or personal phones, content from websites visited or emails sent, or collecting any other data from a third party not made available to the general public in the regular course of business?”
Sanders said he was “deeply concerned” by revelations that American intelligence agencies harvested records of phone calls, emails and web activity by millions of innocent Americans without any reason to even suspect involvement in illegal activities. He also cited reports that the United States eavesdropped on the leaders of Germany, Mexico, Brazil and other allies.
Sanders emphasized that the United States “must be vigilant and aggressive in protecting the American people from the very real danger of terrorist attacks,” but he cited U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon’s recent ruling that indiscriminate dragnets by the NSA were probably unconstitutional and “almost Orwellian.”
Sanders has introduced legislation to put strict limits on sweeping powers used by the National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation to secretly track telephone calls by millions of innocent Americans who are not suspected of any wrongdoing.
The measure would put limits on records that may be searched. Authorities would be required to establish a reasonable suspicion, based on specific information, in order to secure court approval to monitor business records related to a specific terrorism suspect. Sanders’ bill also would put an end to open-ended court orders that have resulted in wholesale data mining by the NSA and FBI. Instead, the government would be required to provide reasonable suspicion to justify searches for each record or document that it wants to examine.
Uhm... yes?
Like just about everything else, it's OK as long as we are exempt!
On him? I sure hope so...
News from next week — Senator Bernie Sanders has been eaten alive by dogs.
"NOW YOU"VE GONE TOO FAR."
lol
Of course they are as you’ll find out when important votes and close elections come up.
The founding fathers knew what they were doing.
A warrant describing who is to be searched, how and what is being searched for and limiting the duration of such searches, as well as specyfying WHY there is a belief that the search should take place, preferably presented to a VERY skeptical judge, should be required for *ANY* government intelligence gathering (outside of a war duly declared by congress).
There is nothing any terrorist or group of terrorists can do to us that is as dangerous as our government when it is unchecked and out of control, be it an (R) or a (D) in the white house.
Just the avowed Socialists, Bernie.
Funny! ping.
NSA responds; Do we spy on you? A. What do YOU think, Senator? B. What would you expect an UNDERCOVER agency to say in a public forum? C. On second thought, our comment at this time remains ‘No Comment”. Happy Now?
Ooo, maybe the NSA would find out that he’s a commie?
Oh yes, commie congresscritters are exempt.
There’s always that one guy who just blurts out the question that everyone else is afraid to ask
Hey, Bernie, you don’t happen to be wearing blue boxer shorts with little yellow puppy dogs? Thought so....
Is he only pretending this is about all innocent Americans? Will this bill, by the time it goes through, only exempt the traitors-aka-most-of-Congress who actually DO need to be watched?
It should spy on the democrats. They are the modern day incarnation of the communist party and are not to be trusted.
Why yes Bernie, they do...if you're a Republican, or John Roberts.
5.56mm
A fourth question now joins the three questions I've told my kids that any sane person always answers with a no:
1) They will say no.
2) A four-page article based on more Snowden leaks will appear in the UK Guardian, proving that they do.
It’s all getting so predictable.
Considering all the left wing fruitcakes in Congress, I hope so too.
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