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The NSA has been collecting phone call metadata and internet everything from American citizens.
"Your duly elected representatives have been consistently informed on exactly what we're doing."
Every member of Congress has been briefed on this program.
Gizmodo has summarised Obama's technical explanation of PRISM.
This is constitutional. You may not like it, but this is 100% legal as the constitution spells it out now.
Moreover "You can't have 100-percent security and then have 100-percent privacy."
Now it's up to you... if you care enough.
This is constitutional. You may not like it, but this is 100% legal as the constitution spells it out now.
Moreover "You can't have 100-percent security and then have 100-percent privacy."
Now it's up to you... if you care enough.
gizmodo — Brian Barrett
In response to shouted questions about the revelations this week that the NSA has been collecting phone call metadata and internet everything from American citizens, President Obama said some things that are probably going to make you feel sad inside.
Rather than dwell on preamble, here are some choice quotes from the session, wherein we learned that the President of the United States is totally cool with your privacy being shot to smithereens without your knowing for the last, say, six years. And a one and a two and a:
Rather than dwell on preamble, here are some choice quotes from the session, wherein we learned that the President of the United States is totally cool with your privacy being shot to smithereens without your knowing for the last, say, six years. And a one and a two and a:
- "Every member of Congress has been briefed on this program."
- "What you've got is two programs that were originally authorized by Congress and repeatedly authorized by Congress."
- "These are programs that have been authorized by broad bipartisan majorities repeatedly since 2006."
- "You can't have 100-percent security and then have 100-percent privacy."
- "I don't welcome leaks, there's a reason these programs are classified."
- "There are some tradeoffs involved."
- "Modest encroachments on privacy."
- "Your duly elected representatives have been consistently informed on exactly what we're doing."
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