It did not happen today. But the story is still unfolding and there is still a great deal of information yet to be obtained.
There has been no explanation of which government agency did it. No explanation of who authorized it. No explanation of how many other American citizens have also been spied on in this way.
If you think this entire problem ended in 2013 and it is not still an on going issue then you might think it is old news.
The people who did this and who continue to abuse power and illegally target citizens are still in power. It is not old news. It is important and relevant today.
It started well before 2013... and no matter what anyone says, will be ONGOING... because the millisecond this was released all of Washington D.C. should have been set on fire. Never happened.
I am glad everyone is all pissed off now, at least... and glad the timing is a week before an election... but Benghazi was right before an election as well... Fast and Furious... NSA snooping... IRS abuse... it's all there, make hay...
...but nothing happens because nobody cares deeply enough for this republic to take action... real action as in naked, upside-down crucifixions held on the 50 yard line at halftime during Monday night football type action.
Instead, the GOPe just rolls out another God-damned Bush to run for president... or some Shamnesty establishment type to lead the House or Senate or whatever. You know what? Ping me when taxpayers start dressing down their elected representatives in public, as in getting in their faces to the point where fists start flying and the fear of God is put into the everyday senator making a perpetual six-figure salary for doing NOTHING to protect the republic...
Anything short of direct confrontation (at this point) is coy and sickeningly polite garbage.
I yield back the balance of my time.