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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sen. Al Franken: “I Assure You This Isn’t About Spying on the American People” [View all]
Noted far right nutjob (do I need a snark tag on that?) Sen. Al Franken says he was not surprised by the Greenwald/Snowden NSA revelations.
Im on the Judiciary committee and the Judiciary committee has jurisdiction (over) N.S.A. and on (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) and the Patriot Act, he said. I availed myself of these briefings so nothing surprised me and the architecture of these programs I was very well aware of.
I think there should be enough transparency that the American people understand what is happening But I can assure you that this isnt about spying on the American people.
Franken, chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, also said there are aspects of security programs that he should be aware of but the public should not.
There are certain things that are appropriate for me to know thats not appropriate for the bad guys to know, he said. Anything that quote the American people know, the bad guys know so theres a line here, right? And theres a balance that has to be struck between the responsibility of the federal government to protect the American people and then peoples right to privacy. We have safeguards in place The American people cant know everything because everything they know then, the bad guys will know.
He said that the data the security agency has collected have kept Americans safe.
I have a high level of confidence, that it is used to protect us and I know that it has been successful in preventing terrorism, he said.
I think there should be enough transparency that the American people understand what is happening But I can assure you that this isnt about spying on the American people.
Franken, chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, also said there are aspects of security programs that he should be aware of but the public should not.
There are certain things that are appropriate for me to know thats not appropriate for the bad guys to know, he said. Anything that quote the American people know, the bad guys know so theres a line here, right? And theres a balance that has to be struck between the responsibility of the federal government to protect the American people and then peoples right to privacy. We have safeguards in place The American people cant know everything because everything they know then, the bad guys will know.
He said that the data the security agency has collected have kept Americans safe.
I have a high level of confidence, that it is used to protect us and I know that it has been successful in preventing terrorism, he said.
See the video at: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/42112_Sen._Al_Franken-_I_Assure_You_This_Isnt_About_Spying_on_the_American_People
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Sen. Al Franken: “I Assure You This Isn’t About Spying on the American People” [View all]
Playinghardball
Aug 2013
OP
You COULD decide to hurt someone too. Aside from your good graces, what stops you? nt
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#15
there are plenty of amoral people who would abuse the power given to them... so i think it's laws
tk2kewl
Aug 2013
#33
I really hope it's not just a law that is holding you back from hurting someone...
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2013
#32
If I go to your mailbox while you are at work each Month and take out your phone bill, open it
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#81
And what stops you from doing that? This is the key to this whole kerfuffle
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#114
Actually, in Los Angeles, people buy mailboxes with locks. That doesn't make it impossible,
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#121
That article was written about Franken back in June 2013 before some of the recent sessions.
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#86
Let's just get rid of the cops, the army, social security, medicare, the IRS, etc.
Progressive dog
Aug 2013
#11
A hacker COULD do almost everything alleged too. How do you propose we stop that? The point of that
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#12
Indeed, That's My Point, So Is Listening To Peoples Phone Calls and Reading Their Emails
Skraxx
Aug 2013
#51
So Listening To Phone Calls Without A Warrant Is Not A Crime? LOL! Umm, Your "Belief" Is Irrelevant
Skraxx
Aug 2013
#53
No There Wasn't; Listening to Phonecalls and Reading Emails w/out Warrants Is A Crime, Period.
Skraxx
Aug 2013
#96
And its a crime for NSA personel to look at stuff that isn't cleared and a national security concern
phleshdef
Aug 2013
#58
Reason, but hey ... who needs that shit now. Limbaugh and Greenwald said Government = bad
uponit7771
Aug 2013
#3
...yeah, an idiot and a basher...throw them to the dogs and I understand clappers story
uponit7771
Aug 2013
#72
And we should believe the NSA has been 100% forthcoming with any Senator because...? n/t
winter is coming
Aug 2013
#4
When he was running for office, and stated that we needed to keep the Big Insurers in the loop,
truedelphi
Aug 2013
#16
It's the Qaeda. They're out there... chattering... increasingly... sometimes not so much,
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2013
#71
If it comes down to siding with Ron Paul on one side, and Sen Frankin & Pres Obama on the other
baldguy
Aug 2013
#109
This article is 2 months old. Franken has very different comments now...
riderinthestorm
Aug 2013
#44
Wow, putting a comment that's no longer relevant, nice try at propaganda
AZ Progressive
Aug 2013
#59
Imagine if terror tactics were used against US in the age before electronic communication . . .
SleeplessinSoCal
Aug 2013
#64
I can see that our good friend the Senator has already been thrown under the purity bus...
Hekate
Aug 2013
#105
are you another willing to toss his freedom under the bus to spout the party line?
bowens43
Aug 2013
#139
Absolutely. No question about it. Franken is my kind of authoritarian. You can make book on that. nt
Hekate
Aug 2013
#154
and yet it is spying on the American people..... collecting the data is spying. Period.
bowens43
Aug 2013
#138