He proposes to change antiterror programs that he admits are necessary and haven’t been abused. ===== President Obama finally joined the surveillance debate on Friday with a conflicted address, and perhaps it would have been better had he stayed out. His new antiterror proposals will do little to secure American privacy but they might make the country less safe. Rhetorically Mr. Obama tried... Read more
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Single-handedly Endearing Countries to the US
October 24 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Liberal Press, NSA, Obama, The LeftObama and friends on the left must think they’ve died and gone to … Oh, do they believe in heaven? Ah, Heaven on Earth in Obama’s USA. ======= BERLIN — The diplomatic fallout from the documents harvested by the former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden intensified on Wednesday, with one of the United States’ closest allies, Germany, announcing that its... Read more
U.S. monitored Merkel’s phone?
October 23 | Posted by mrossol | NSA, Obama, The LeftThe Left is in an uproar! I’m sure there will be calls for Congressional inquiry soon. ============== BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government has obtained information that the United States may have monitored the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel and she called President Barack Obama on Wednesday to demand an immediate clarification, her spokesman said. White House spokesman Jay Carney said... Read more
Noonan’s Blog…
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, NSAOnly for those who really want to discuss the issues…. ============= “… 3. The president said Friday, in his remarks on the NSA surveillance story: “I think it’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100% security and also then have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience.” But is that really the trade-off? Will a surveillance state make us 100% safer? It let the Tsarnaevs... Read more
Henninger: The Sum of All Fears
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | IRS, NSAMr. Henniger… says it so well, again… ============= Here is Barack Obama commenting last Friday on the National Security Agency’s antiterrorist surveillance programs: “We’ve got congressional oversight and judicial oversight. And if people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress and don’t trust federal judges to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution, due process and... Read more
Surveillance and Its Discontents
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, NSA, Radical Islam, US ConstitutionI have readers who don’t want to post comments who tell me that I have a ‘terrible bias’. I confess I do – like most people I know [although I suppose many have a ‘wonderful’ bias as compared to mine]. I tend to agree with the WSJ, but what I appreciate even more about the J is that... Read more
