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Marco Rubio: We Need To Add To US Surveillance Programs (dailydot.com)
Patrick O'Neill writes: The debate over surveillance hit the 2016 race for the White House again on Sunday when Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said he wants to add to American surveillance programs, many of which were created after 9/11. He invoked a recent shooting of a Philadelphia police officer by a man who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. "This the kind of threat we now face in this country," Rubio said. "We need additional tools for intelligence." Rubio also addressed the NSA leaks that led to this debate: "Edward Snowden is a traitor. He took our intelligence information and gave it to the Chinese and gave it to the Russians. We cannot afford to have a commander-in-chief who thinks people like Edward Snowden are doing a good public service."
Advocating the need for more tools while making yourself sound like a tool--it's an interesting strategy. Let's see how it works out for him ...
Obama wiping his ass with The Second Amendment sure shows what he thinks of the civil rights of US citizens.
You're the confused one. Obama has been the best gun salesman ever. Every time he says the word 'gun', thousands fly off shelves. You think this isn't part of a well coordinated plan? How do you think Obama plans to support his retirement? Social Security? Remember, he's pretty young yet. His presidential pardon is just pocket change.
I bet that he is heavily invested in Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger....
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
The difference is that the people who say "we need guns to protect against government" actually mean what they say, whereas the government who says "we need more surveillance to protect against terrorists" actually mean "we need more justifications for expanding the business of government".
Apples and oranges, I'd say.