Chris Christie Backs NSA Phone Records Collection, Patriot Act Renewal

[Not water]

Source: Wall Street Journal

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called for the Patriot Act to be reauthorized in its current form and said the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone records should continue, a position that separated him from some other potential Republican 2016 presidential contenders.

Asked about the Thursday federal court ruling that the NSA’s program wasn’t authorized by the Patriot Act, the potential Republican presidential candidate said that federal officials can provide appropriate oversight of the bulk-collection program.

Mr. Christie also jabbed at those who agreed with the ruling, without naming names.

“I’m not one of these folks who believe we should bring our guard down, especially in this really dangerous time,” Mr. Christie said Friday morning after a diner stop in this New Hampshire town.

Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/05/08/chris-christie-backs-nsa-phone-records-collection-patriot-act-renewal/?mod=WSJBlog

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Christie isn't bothered by Law breaking.

[brooklynite]

1. ...because the 9/11 national security stuff worked so well for Rudy Giuliani?

[christx30]

2. Because that records collection

and the patriot act and the sure helped stopped the boston bombers.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

3. 'Christie called for the Patriot Act to be reauthorized in its current form"

Right, like he's actually read the ENTIRE 370 pages, with comprehension! The guy seems like an angry dummy to me.

[yellowcanine]

4. Of course he does. And he also shut down a public road to punish his political enemies.

So what else is new? Mr. Christie is not a nice man.

[Sgt Preston]

5. Care to share YOUR phone records, Chris?

I'll bet some federal prosecutors would like to see them.

[blackspade]

6. what a sack of shit.