57% Fear Government Will Use NSA Data to Harass Political Opponents
And I’m guessing the other 43% fear they already have…
Friday, June 14, 2013
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
IF YOU ARE
NOT ALREADY PISSED OFF ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT SPYING ON AMERICAN CITIZENS, YOU
WILL BE AFTER READING THIS.
The
White House assures that tracking our every phone call and keystroke is to stop
terrorists, and yet it won't snoop in mosques, where the terrorists are.That's right, the government's sweeping surveillance of our most private communications excludes the jihad factories where homegrown terrorists are radicalized.
READ ALL ABOUT IT
HERE:
AMNESIA EPIDEMIC
WHY ARE ALL
OF THESE AGENCY DIRECTORS AND
DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO ADMIT THEY DON’T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT THEY ARE
IN CHARGE OF ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN OFFICE.
I suppose I could ask the same question about the
President…
WHISTLE-BLOWER UPDATE
More Americans see man who leaked NSA secrets as 'patriot' than traitor
Roughly one in three Americans say the
former security contractor who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance activity is a patriot and should not be
prosecuted, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.
I agree that he should NOT be prosecuted for leaking NSA's unconstitutional
surveillance of Americans. For that, I
consider him a hero, but he should have left well enough alone.
He has since leaked other
sensitive information which did NOT involve any unconstitutional activity by
our government. For this, I do consider
him a traitor, and he should be prosecuted as one.
What do you think?
Leave a comment.
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SEQUESTER UPDATE
Obama Family Vacation To Africa… $100 Million, Shooting Holes In Sequester-Impact Lies
From Personal Liberty Digest . June 13, 2013 by Sam RolleyBetween $60 million and $100 million worth of Federal assets — including a large naval ship, 56 support vehicles, truckloads of bulletproof glass, fighter jets and hundreds of Federal personnel — will soon be shipped to sub-Saharan Africa. Is a small scale military operation being planned in an area of civil unrest? Nope… President Barack Obama is taking the wife and kids on vacation.
The costly preparations for the Presidential were revealed in documents obtained by The Washington Post.
The newspaper reports:
Hundreds of U.S. Secret Service agents will be dispatched to secure facilities in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. A Navy aircraft carrier or amphibious ship, with a fully staffed medical trauma center, will be stationed offshore in case of an emergency.
Military cargo planes will airlift in 56 support vehicles, including 14 limousines and three trucks loaded with sheets of bulletproof glass to cover the windows of the hotels where the first family will stay. Fighter jets will fly in shifts, giving 24-hour coverage over the president’s airspace, so they can intervene quickly if an errant plane gets too close.
The extraordinary security provisions — which will cost the government tens of millions of dollars — are outlined in a confidential internal planning document obtained by The Washington Post. While the preparations appear to be in line with similar travels in the past, the document offers an unusual glimpse into the colossal efforts to protect the U.S. commander-in-chief on trips abroad.
While Obama’s predecessors have also taken costly family trips to the same region, the current President’s costly African adventure comes after months of his warning that across-the-board government budget cuts would cripple public services. His Administration made the decision to shut down White House tours to drive home the point.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
A friend of mine who reads most of my blog posts ask me why I was so concerned about the government reading my emails and storing my phone calls if I have nothing to hide.
Well, it’s true that I don’t have anything to hide, but, I’m a little old fashion when it comes to the constitution.
I STILL BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT.
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects the individual citizen from unreasonable searches and seizures. It requires a warrant be judicially sanctioned and supported by statements of probable cause. Search and seizure (including arrest) should be limited in scope according to specific information supplied to the issuing court, by law enforcement officers swearing to its accuracy.
Liberals in the governmental process (of both parties) have distanced themselves from the strict
understanding of the constitution as written (and understanding the thoughts
and motivations of the original signatories of the document) to interpretations
favoring political ideologies.
Apparently we have now reached a point where the Constitution is optional, not just in the eyes of the government, but also the average American?
There has been a lot of speculation about Snowden (the whistle-blower) lately. Some think he’s a hero, some think he’s a traitor. Personally, I think on the leaking of the NSA spying on American citizens, he is a hero. However, he has leaked some other sensitive information since, and on that, I think he is a traitor.
But, it really doesn’t matter who or what Snowden is or is not. What really matters is that we have an out-of-control government. The agencies are too large and, by this administration’s own admission [David Axelrod], this administration is not capable of controlling them.
The IRS officials, for example, are not only targeting people they don’t like, but they are getting away with it. Rep. Cummings said that it’s over and we should move on.
IRS agents leaked information against targeted right-wing people to left-wing Pro Publica to use against the victims.
Then there is the James Rosen spy case. James Rosen did nothing different than The New York Times did when they released the Pentagon Papers only his story was inconsequential and hurt no one. He was labeled a spy by the administration so they could spy on him without a warrant.
The AP records grab was a huge overreach and not targeted. The AP is left-leaning and it is sympathetic to this administration but they were displeased with this invasion and the chilling effect it had on their sources.
President Obama said that everyone in Congress knew about the government spying programs. Unnamed Administration sources told the Washington Post that Congress was briefed 22 times. Congress was briefed but without any details whatsoever. Some didn’t even know PRISM existed.
Republican Senator Susan Collins was the top-ranking Republican on last year’s Homeland Security Committee and she said on Monday that she was never briefed on the extent of the government spying.
After a briefing on Tuesday, one Democratic congressman said it was the first time he has been to a briefing where he actually learned something. Democrat Hank Johnson said if he had known the details, it would have been something that he would not have voted for. Democrat Brad Sherman said, “I did not know a billion records a day were coming under control of the executive branch.”
We need to hear how this program keeps us safe and then let the citizens decide if it’s right or wrong. Maybe Snowden did us all a huge favor.
I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m sick and tired of hearing about how this guy was a "high school drop-out" from the snobs in government and the media.
He may well have been a drop-out BUT, he told the American people that their PRIVACY RIGHTS, that are supposed to be protected by the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, are being systematically VIOLATED by the criminals in Washington who have the HIGH ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS.
Everyone seems to just accept the fact that the violation of 4th Amendment rights is okay because Congress says it is and the Judiciary oversees it.
Hey, wake up people! It may be the "law" but that "law" is a violation of the Constitution!
There is a very thin line between national security and tyranny and that line has been crossed.
One might ask the question, what should a citizen do when that citizen has discovered that laws have been broken and trust has been breached? Does that citizen no longer have the right to point out such actions within his government? Is such a citizen to be charged as a traitor, tried and convicted, before he has a chance to provide a defense? Does he even have any legal rights anymore, in this country?
National security is indeed extremely important, when it is used to protect the citizens of this nation, but not when it is used to target and destroy those who do not agree with the principles set fourth by ruling ideologues.
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