[Vision2020] NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls

Art Deco art.deco.studios at gmail.com
Sun Jun 9 07:48:53 PDT 2013


@Joe,

Of course the whole issue and what it indicates and entails is much more
complicated.  Surveillance of the kind at issue without responsible and
accountable judicial oversight plus secrecy laws preventing the abuses of
this surveillance being examined among other things such as a really,
really contorted interpretation of the Fourth Amendment indicates gross
arrogance of all those willingly participating.

Most of us understand what is at stake, but the disallowing of judicial
oversight combined with targeting millions and millions for whom there is
not probable cause or even articulatable suspicion seems an unwarranted
intrusion into personal liberty.

No one with mental facilities intact would accuse me of being a Tea Party
member.  But long experience has shown me that there are LE personnel and
similar types inand outside of government whose honesty, integrity, and
objectively do no meet the minimum standard.  Hence, I do not trust what
they say about what data is being collected, how it is being used, or how
safe it is from hacking, intentional leaks, or other noxious uses.  I
wonder if the President or the legislature is being told the whole truth.

Arrogance and the misuse/overuse of power by some that think they know best
is at the root of the problem and is at the root of totalitarianism.

w.


On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>wrote:

> Is that it Wayne? The whole thing makes me wonder if it is the military or
> the people running our government.
>
> On Jun 9, 2013, at 6:11 AM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> The acquisition of power does horrible things to many people.  Even on the
> local level.
>
> w.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Sunil Ramalingam <
> sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's wrong every time, and both parties support it when their member is
>> doing it. So it never changes, and the state grabs more and more power.
>>
>> Why should we believe Obama when he says they're not listening to
>> conversations? He promised the most transparent administration, and instead
>> has prosecuted more people under the Espionage Act than all other previous
>> administrations before him.
>>
>> He hasn't prosecuted anyone for torture, but he'll go after anyone who
>> provides information about the torture program. And he's got his own
>> rendition program.
>>
>> Hope and change indeed.
>>
>> Sunil
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> From: scooterd408 at hotmail.com
>> To: thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 18:12:02 -0600
>> CC: jeannemchale at hotmail.com; fritzknorr at gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] NSA has massive database of Americans' phone
>> calls
>>
>>
>> Apples to oranges comparison.  That was when a Republican occupied the
>> White House.  Hence no outrage from conservatives back then vs now.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> From: thansen at moscow.com
>> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 17:01:31 -0700
>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> CC: jeannemchale at hotmail.com; fritzknorr at gmail.com
>> Subject: [Vision2020] NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
>>
>> Courtesy of the *May 11, 2006* edition of USA Today at:
>>
>> http://yahoo.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>>
>> NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
>>
>> The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call
>> records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T,
>> Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told
>> USA TODAY.
>>
>> The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by
>> amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans — most of whom
>> aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA
>> listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the
>> data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity,
>> sources said in separate interviews.
>>
>> --------------------
>>
>>  REACTION *From the White House:*
>>
>> The White House defended its overall eavesdropping program and said no
>> domestic surveillance is conducted without court approval.
>>
>>    ''The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States
>> government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from
>> terrorist attacks,'' said Dana Perino, the deputy White House press
>> secretary, who added that appropriate members of Congress have been briefed
>> on intelligence activities.
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>>
>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>>
>> - John Lennon
>>
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