Posted on 01/04/2016 10:54:20 AM PST by TBP
"I tend to err on the side of security," said 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the Hugh Hewitt Show.
2016 Republican presidential candidate and billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump said that he supports reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT Act and bulk cell phone metadata collection by the National Security Agency in an interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show earlier this month.
In the above-embedded clip, Hewitt asks Trump, “On metadata collection, Ted Cruz is glad the NSA got out of it. Marco Rubio wants it back. What’s Donald Trump think?â€
“Well, I tend to err on the side of security, I must tell you,†Trump replied, “and I’ve been there for longer than you would think. But, you know, when you have people that are beheading if you’re a Christian and frankly for lots of other reasons, when you have the world looking at us and would like to destroy us as quickly as possible, I err on the side of security, and so that’s the way it is, that’s the way I’ve been, and some people like that, frankly, and some people don’t like that.â€
“And I’m not just saying that since Paris, I’m saying for quite some time. I assume when I pick up my telephone people are listening to my conversations anyway, if you want to know the truth. It’s pretty sad commentary, but I err on the side of security,†said Trump.
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Nice try. This is from a month ago.
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A month is a long time for Trump. Is he saying anything different now?
No cult of personality around any of the other candidates. But there definitely is one around Trump.
BTW, I did a search. There is no other link but this thread. Sorry. Try again.
It is because he knows when to pick and choose his battles. This is an old story from a month ago.
The blunt tool of NSA spying on every USA citizen is only necessary because the USA is defeated by political correctness and refuses to focus its efforts on radical muslims.
lol
Agreed. I like that Trump has opened up dialog on several issues that Republicans are afraid to wade into but I will only vote for him if he gets the nod.
The blunt tool of NSA spying on every USA citizen is only necessary...
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No, it is never necessary. We the People have not repealed the 4th Amendment which clearly states one of the many rights that We the People do not cede to the federal government.
“The blunt tool of NSA spying on every USA citizen is only necessary because the USA is defeated by political correctness and refuses to focus its efforts on radical muslims.”
VERY well stated. It is because of the culture of PC, that to go after the few who want to do us harm, we all are subjected to the same scrutiny.
I don’t know what it means when it applies to his intentions, really. However I disagree with his political position on it. Has Mr. Trump changed his mind from last month, or does he still believe this..?
Aint that the truth!!
The only real difference between Trump and Hillary is Trump has a penis and Hillary(allegedly) has a vagina
The sick thing is the way the remnants of Rush and the other “conservative” hosts tiptoe around this dolt for fear of offending the horde. They all say the same thing, “I’m not endorsing anyone ...” then slobber all over what ever Trump spewed that day.
Trump makes Perot sound like William F. Buckley.
I would bet more than I can afford to lose that Trump knows next to nothing about the Patriot Act, the various provisions of which have a helluva lot more direct impact on US citizens than on any terrorist. If he thinks that the Patriot Act provides greater security, he’s a fool.
If he knows about it and supports it, or if he doesn’t know much about it but supports it for “security”, it doesn’t speak well for him either way.
“fumble an issue “
It’s impossible to fumble a nonexistent ‘issue’ (the kind politicians love best).
There just isn’t any significant difference between the Patriot Act and the Freedom Act.
Having the metadata kept by the companies is slightly better structurally than having it kept by the NSA.
The issue hasn’t been significant for anyone because it’s just too fine a distinction.
Of course it’s fun to treat it as if it mattered a great deal, make broad extrapolations from thin air: politicians love that.
Heck, using a telephone was public speech- with NO privacy protection- as recently as 1967.
I imagine the courts will endow 4th Amendment coverage on to the internet one day as they did for telephones.
I don’t like that at all.
Does the fact that this was from a month ago change the fact that this is Trump's position? Or are we not permitted to bring up his positions once they are deemed to be "old news" by his supporters? That sounds suspiciously like the tactic used by the Clintons to keep people from talking about the things they have said and done in the past...
There just isn’t any significant difference between the Patriot Act and the Freedom Act.
Having the metadata kept by the companies is slightly better structurally than having it kept by the NSA.
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There are two significant differences. First, the federal government may no longer illegally collect information about it entire citizenry. Second, the Patriot Act was a giant leap into the world of big brother authoritarianism whereas the Freedom Act is a step back from Orwell’s 1984.
Corporations, primarily phone companies, collected the metadata previously, that has not changed. I prefer Rand Paul’s stance on the issue of privacy and the government’s strict obedience to the Constitution but a victory, even a small one, is a victory, nonetheless.
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