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Former Head of NSA Calls For Obama To Reject NSA Commission Recommendations
An anonymous reader writes that USA Today reports "Retired general Michael Hayden ... called on President Obama Monday to ... reject many of the recommendations of the commission he appointed to rein in NSA surveillance ... 'President Obama now has the burden of simply doing the right thing,' ... 'And I think some of the right things with regard to the commission's recommendations are not the popular things. They may not poll real well right now. They'll poll damn well after the next attack ...' ... The commission ... said the recommendations were designed to increase transparency, accountability and oversight at the NSA. Hayden ... oversaw the launch of some of the controversial programs ... He defended them as effective and properly overseen by congressional intelligence committees and a special court. 'Right now, since there have been no abuses and almost all the court decisions on this program have held that it's constitutional, I really don't know what problem we're trying to solve by changing how we do this,' he said."
He's a Chicago Machine politician.
Moral compass?
He don't need no STEENKIN' moral compass!
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
Troll? - Who moderated this troll?
If Obama actually defended the constitution from domestic enemies, he'd be dead within a month. Don't kid yourself about this. We live in an oligarchy, at best.
Witch hunt? Senator McCarthy didn't go on a witch hunt. We know now that there really were Communists in the State Department. The information came out after the Wall fell. McCarthy was right all along. Didn't you get the memo?
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Obama has been the single largest enemy of the Constitution since taking office. Being a "Constitutional Lawyer" only provided him with the tools to make end-runs around the document that defines this country.
This being the man that campaigned on "Change" and "Transparency" in govt.
"How can you tell Obama is lying? His lips are moving."
Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.
That only applies to someone who can be re-elected. a President is lame duck the instant he wins his first re-election.