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In reply to the discussion: Please check in if you oppose the massive surveillance being conducted on American citizens [View all]dgibby
(9,474 posts)I took an oath to defend the Constitution of the US when I joined the Navy. This is about as unconstitutional as it gets.
The NSA is a component of the DOD, and as such, is unconstitutional on it's face, as the military is prohibited by law to take any action in the US against it's citizens.
If that's not bad enough, the NSA has contracted with Booz Allen, which is owned by The Carlyle Group, which is the Bush Family and Friends little playground. No doubt they're laughing all the way to the bank!
So, the bottom line is this: our tax money is going to pay for unconstitutional search and seizure of our most personal data, and making war criminals and their cronies rich in the process. And oh, BTW, what would keep Booz Allen from feeding this info to little Jebbie(or any other repuke) if he decides to run?
I think this whole surveillance program is an abomination and much more dangerous than we know. Why else would Udall, Merkley, Wyden, Sanders, et al, be so concerned?
I was against this when Bush was POTUS, I'm against it now, and I'll be against it if the next POTUS (D or R) continues it.