Obama promises not to spy on EU leaders

EU Observer ^ | 18.01.14 @ 16:57 | Andrew Rettman

[Olog-hai]

US President Barack Obama has said he will not spy on EU leaders or conduct economic espionage, but will continue snooping on ordinary US and EU citizens.

He made the pledge in a TV speech on Friday (17 January) in reaction to the Edward Snowden leaks.

“I’ve made clear to the intelligence community that unless there is a compelling national security purpose, we will not monitor the communications of heads of state and government of our close friends and allies,” he said.

“We do not collect intelligence to provide a competitive advantage to US companies or US commercial sectors,” he added.

He justified the mass-scale collection of information on ordinary US or foreign nationals’ telephone calls, however. …

[driftdiver]

And some people still think he’s doing a good job.

[Cheerio]

Just precious is all I can say to all you dummies out there that believe one ounce of his crap. It's hard for me to believe that anyone on FR falls for this garbage, but I am sure there are libtards visiting here routinely.

Lips moving out comes lies

[cva66snipe]

Never mind that. How about not spying on We The People without a warrant showing probable cause?

[bahits]

That was my first thought, too.

[SeminoleCounty]

Obama getting banged by EU and supporters....Obama will chill out on EU because he wants that Free Trade deal with the EU done

Of course, he will still spy on Americans

[eyedigress]

I do. Do you think the Russians believe him?

[Olog-hai]

His actions will speak louder than his words, here; if they match up, then he was not. So far, I do not see Obama erecting any missile shield in Europe, or acting any more provocatively towards Russia than to speak flaccidly of their law against the procurement of homosexual propaganda.

[Eleutheria5]

Honest injun.

[BradyLS]

US President Barack Obama has said he will not spy on EU leaders or conduct economic espionage, but will continue snooping on ordinary US and EU citizens.

Amazing. He just told us he was going to continue spying on EU leaders and conducting economic espionage!

[BradyLS]

“We do not collect intelligence to provide a competitive advantage to US companies or US commercial sectors,” he added.

That's probably true. The exception that proves the rule! :-D

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the link. It’s out there, if folks want to know.

[eyedigress]

You will not see anything Obama does. He is transparent. Why would he erect something already in place?

Why does ass sex come into this discussion?

[ETL]

Someone needs to be spying on him. Could you imagine the things that are said behind the scenes between him and his commie advisers.

[Washi]

There was no such promise to American citizens.

[Olog-hai]

I doubt that the BND and FSB are sleeping on the job when it comes to something like that.

[ETL]

Obama and Putin’s FSB are on the same new world order page. They don’t need to spy on him.

[haircutter]

AND OBAMA IS A PROFESSIONAL LIAR..ALSO...

DO YOU TRUST YOUR PRESIDENT?

WAKE UP AMERICANS...

[ETL]

You’re not asking me if I trust him, are you?

[ETL]

I mean, the Russians have little to be concerned about when it comes to Obama. He and they are basically working together toward the same goals.