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Obama Administration Defends Warrantless Wiretapping
a whoabot writes "The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Obama administration has stepped in to defend AT&T in the case over their participation in the warrantless wiretapping program started by Bush. The Obama administration argues that that continuation of the case will lead to the disclosure of important 'state secrets.' The Electronic Frontier Foundation has described the action as an 'embrace' of the Bush policy." Update: 04/07 15:18 GMT by T : Glenn Greenwald of Salon has up an analysis of this move, including excerpts from the actual brief filed. Excerpt: "This brief and this case are exclusively the Obama DOJ's, and the ample time that elapsed — almost three full months — makes clear that it was fully considered by Obama officials."
no it's not. Not completely...
The man at least is not the raging asshat we had for the last 8 years pissing off the entire world. He's actually making some inroads abroad to lessen the "We're america and FUCK YOU!" mantra we used so long...
Honestly the points where he is flip-flopping most enlightened people expected. Plus people got way overboard on worshiping the man. when you have nutjobs screaming that Obama is gonna pay her mortgage.. you know you went over the top, jumped the shark and may have just caused yourself some problems...
Honestly the warrentless wiretaps.. if they are used on bankers, CEO's, CFO's and all financial sectors I'm OK with that. Maybe add in all congress members as well.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Damn, the saying used to be, "If you're not a liberal before you're 30 you have no heart. If you're not a conservative after you're 30 you have no brain." You, sir have no heart, and thus give the lie to the old canard.
"blah blah push your predefined agenda blah blah."
You know, not every forum post is astroturfing. In fact, I'd hazard to guess that fewer than half of /. posts are by bots.
Some of us happen to have drawn different conclusions about the world than you have. It's okay. It's still protected speech. So jog on, fascist.
"If still these truths be held to be
Self evident."
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
Either way, he shouldn't be running your country.
I'm sorry, but I was doing fine until you made that statement.
At the risk of being modded troll or flamebait - which this definitely is not - you have no right to express to Americans who SHOULD NOT be running our country - plain and simple, as you say, this isn't your country.
I have liked and disliked foreign politicians in my time, but have never had the audacity or arrogance to suggest that someone should or should not be running some other country - I simply am one of those Americans that does not believe that I'm in the right telling other people in other countries what they should or shouldn't do.
And that, by the way, is the reason that Obama had a lot of support in this country - despite his glaring shortcomings and potential for failure, I voted for him because I no longer wanted a president that projected to the world that America, read: Americans, are all about telling others what to do. America has been guilty of that for some time, but Americans stood up and have attempted to correct that problem with a chosen change of leadership.
This isn't flaming either, but I know I'm taking my chances: I find no irony whatsoever that you think Obama should not be running our country and at the same time, you are telling us how America should be.
Color me sad - very, very sad.
Evidently, war is indeed an inevitable part of the human condition.
Pathological kinda promises Path + Logical - but instead, you get stuck with pathetic.