Oh She's Running... Not Sure Why Though...

[WillyT]

Hillary Clinton blasts Angela Merkel wiretap, Edward Snowden
By KATIE GLUECK | Politico
6/12/14 7:02 PM EDT

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Hillary Clinton this week criticized the alleged wiretapping of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone, but she also had harsh words for Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker who revealed that and other American surveillance secrets.

The former secretary of state, a possible Democratic 2016 presidential candidate, told NPR’s Fresh Air in an interview that aired Thursday there is a need for a national “conversation” about how to balance civil liberties and national security. But, she insisted, Snowden’s decision to release huge troves of classified information about U.S. data-gathering activities was the wrong approach.

“We also have to make sure that it doesn’t go too far, like I personally deplore the tapping of Angela Merkel’s cell phone,” Clinton said of the surveillance efforts. “That was unnecessary. But collecting information about what’s going around the world is essential to our security.”

Clinton noted that President Barack Obama and several lawmakers had already indicated openness to taking “a hard look at all of the laws that have been passed and how they were implemented since 9/11.”

Snowden “was not only an imperfect messenger, but he was a messenger who could have chosen other ways to raise the very specific issues about the impact on Americans,” she said.

“There were other ways that Mr. Snowden could have expressed his concerns — by reaching out to some of the senators or other members of Congress or journalists in order to convey his questions about the implementation of the laws surrounding the collection of information concerning Americans’ calls and emails,” she said.

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More: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/hillary-clinton-angela-merkel-wiretapping-edward-snowden-107806.html

[Enthusiast]

1. This is just another reason I do not like Hillary.

Snowden had no other viable options. "Expressed his concerns" LOL.

[IDemo]

2. "reaching out to some of the senators"

Unless your hand contains large denomination bills, that doesn't generally yield satisfactory results.

[T Roosevelt]

3. In a single statement she identifies the problem

in typical Clintonesque style:

“We also have to make sure that it doesn’t go too far, like I personally deplore the tapping of Angela Merkel’s cell phone,” Clinton said of the surveillance efforts.

Guess what? It had already gone too far, and yet nobody made any attempt to make sure that it didn't. And I doubt very seriously that if she had been one of those senators Snowden had reached out to, anything would have been done. Snowden would have had to do what he did anyway.

[bobduca]

7. Exactly, finger in the wind statements like this.

are exactly the kind of tri-angulation we will expect from her upcoming ascension and coronation, er I mean democratic primary campaign.

[sabrina 1]

9. What she totally doesn't get reading that statement, is that spying on Merkel may actually be legal.

It is the spying on the American people that is the violation of the Constitution.

Shouldn't elected officials actually KNOW the Constitution or have they totally discarded it and only take that oath for show?

[woo me with science]

12. Vile Third Way Doublespeak.

The Surveillance State/Persecution of Whistleblowers candidate.

[WillyT]

15. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!!

[Logical]

4. I hope someone else comes along, like Obama did, and crushes her like he did. n-t

[morningfog]

5. Me too. Although, I would rather just avoid Hillary campaign 2.0.

[Logical]

6. I agree 100%. n-t

[sabrina 1]

10. Feingold who got it right, on Iraq.

[Oilwellian]

8. Wall Street will make sure their bases are covered

They adore Hillary.

[woo me with science]

13. She is their candidate.

For sure. Wall Street, MIC, Oligarchy.

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. ¨She is their candidate." Just like Obama was.

[LuvNewcastle]

11. I know why.

She's ultimately doing it to serve her masters, but she also wants the distinction of being the the first woman President. Besides, she and Bill crave attention. They soak it up like sponges that never really get wet enough to wring out.