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President Obama Explains His NSA "Overhaul" Decisions - Live Feed
The question of just who, what, where, and when the US government spied on and stored metadata about is moot now... thanks to Edward Snowden; but President Obama will be firing on all his teleprompter-based cylinders today as he explains the "changes" to NSA data collection and the likely "punt" deferrals to Congress:
- HAYDEN SAYS OBAMA MAY 'PUNT' SOME QUESTIONS TO CONGRESS ON NSA
- OBAMA SAID TO ORDER END OF SECTION 215 METADATA PROGRAM (as it currently exists)
- NSA SAID TO NO LONGER KEEP BULK PHONE RECORDS UNDER OBAMA PLAN
Calling for an 'overhaul' of the NSA (seeking input from Congress and intelligence officials) will, we are sure, appease those who cannot believe the 'hope-and-change'-monger could have sanctioned such things; but we suspect little will change in reality.
President Obama is due to speak at 11ET...
President Obama will announce on Friday an overhaul of the controversial National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program that collects the telephone records of American citizens, according to a senior administration official.
Speaking at the Justice Department, Obama will say that he is ordering an end to the telephone metadata “as it currently exists, and move to a program that preserves the capabilities we need without the government holding this bulk meta-data,” the official said.
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But the president will not offer a specific proposal outlining who will store the data in the future. A White House advisory panel suggested in recommendations released last month that the records be maintained by telephone companies or a third party. But companies have been resistant to that idea, fearful that it could sour their relationships with customers and prove expensive.
Obama will instead announce that he has asked Attorney General Eric Holder and members of the intelligence community to find a way to preserve the capabilities of the program without the government holding the metadata, according to the official.
“At the same time, he will consult with the relevant committees in Congress to seek their views,” the official added.
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But its unclear whether the president’s proposal will do much to soothe the concerns of privacy advocates, who argue that maintaining the program in some form would do little to satisfy concerns about snooping.
“This shifting of records … would not solve the problem, it would just outsource it and possibly create new ones,” Liza Goitein, co-director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program, said.
Having the phone companies or third parties hold the data, which can be accessed by the government as it pleases, would allow the government to “essentially launder” its surveillance activities, she said.
Advocates said that the president’s proposed course would mean a greater role for Congress in reforming the surveillance programs.
“If he does fail to take a stand … it will become Congress’ responsibility,” said Kevin Bankston, policy director at the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute.
“If he does punt to Congress, there are many standing ready” to take on surveillance reform, he said, pointing to bills like the USA Freedom Act by Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Patriot Act author Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.).
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Obama’s like a weasel, that kills just to be killing. America’s going to look like a hen house after a weasel’s been in it – a weasel that will kill one or two chickens, drink their blood, and then just kill all the rest for the wildness of it.
Obama hates America.
Obama’s actions reflect on the Democrats who are covering for him, and now on what’s behind him. As for the House Republicans, they either need to replace John Boehner or give up. If they keep Boehner, they are not a party.
"The folks at NSA and other intelligence agencies are our neighbors and our friends." -Obama. Like the Stasi?
.....Obama speaking strictly for himself, the first dog and Michelle. Clapper always pets the first dog when he visits the White House.
Way back we felt that Monty Python was the ultimate program to make the rueling satus of goverment and society look rereally funny, I´ll guess they would have a had time today to beat the pro-comedians in power nowday´s ...in US and EU...
Clapper LIED and kept his job.
That is really all you need to know about this administration and how seriously they take the publics concern.
He got a pat on the back and a "Good job, Jimmy" from the Commander-in-Chief.
MINIMAMOTO !
You are no Hirohito singing "tora tora tora" to those scumbags who spy for you, and more so, for their own power base.
Most good people don't think evil is possible, that it will never come for them. But it is, and it will.
When the citizenry is the enemy of the Government, it's time for the Government to be removed. They don't want the global political awakening to take place. They don't want you to ask about NSA spying, Fukushima, the NDAA, the IRS targeting political groups and activists, and their secret wars. They want you to shut your hole and believe what you're told. In their eyes, it's easier to kill a million of us than to "re-educate" us. That alone should be impetus enough for everyone to realize what has to be done.
They are trying their best to push us into a fight. If they can't, they will stage catastrophic events and blame it on liberty/patriot groups. When the American people finally realize en masse that they have been sold out to a murderous, criminal finance cartel devoid of any human decency, the arrests will be made and the Nuremberg style trials will begin. And, to our good friends laughing at us in their Government positions, you know how those ended.
Start the clock.
History tells us many things, but two are:
1) Totalitarian states need to spy to maintain the lie and their rule.
2) Totalitarian states are not much "totalitarian" or last long if their subjects have weapons/guns.
Expect more spying and more gun grabs, as to expect anything different is evidence of not paying attention.
Uh, oh! The Nuremberg Principles
Principle IPrinciple I states, "Any person who commits an act which constitutes a crime under international law is responsible therefore and liable to punishment."
SECRET COURTS!!! FUCK YOU, OBAMA, NSA, YOUR MASTERS, AND EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN THIS!!!
With gun-grabber Diane Feinstein as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee....
Dialogue in Hell between US Nero and Septimius Severus...
“Does Dearest Leader exist?"
"Of course he exists. The Party exists. Dearest Leader is the embodiment of the Party."
"Does he exist in the same way as I exist?"
"You do not exist.” GO 1984
The "Cocksucker in charge" punts to Holder.
Like that is re-assuring.
This administration is CORRUPT.
And, exactly how is ANYONE going to stop the NSA from doing anything?
This reminds me of a video when a black man with a 12" cock whispered into a petite 18yo blonde "please let me stick this in your ass I promist it won't hurt". Shortly after I had to turn the volume way down.