3 NSA veterans speak out on whistle-blower: We told you so (excellent information)

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91. The NSA allegations/revelations should not come as a surprise

to anyone who was paying attention. I remember hearing about this years ago, then the story just never seemed to go anywhere. OK, maybe this latest revelation spelled it out in black and white and we have a better idea of the scope of the operation. Still, no one disputes that this has been going on for years. The problem is 3 branches of Govt. authorized this. And forgive me but I do accept the fact that there is information Gov. officials (the POTUS, Congress people, etc.) have that I don't and probably shouldn't have access to. Yes, Obama spoke out against this as Senator/candidate Obama. However, when he became President Obama his job became to carry out the law not to legislate. He was also then responsible for keeping us safe. Not to mention that Republicans were constantly accusing him of being "soft" on security. Guess that's kind of hard to reconcile with the narrative of him being a warmonger who overreaches on National Security. Call me an Obama apologist if you like, but this is the truth. OK, yes we should have this conversation. But at some point we have to accept that the people who are in charge of keeping us safe do have access to information that the general public can not have. We have to elect people we have a basic trust of. One last thought, does anyone not find the timing of the latest revelations suspicious. This is distracting from immigration reform and the imminent completion of the implementation of the ACA, which some (OK basically liberal) sources are saying will make the GOP look bad for fighting so hard against it. Nuff said.