Rachel: "Letting our closest allies do it while we stand silent is the same thing as us doing it" [View all]

[markpkessinger]

If the united states wants to convince the world that the Glenn Greenwalds and Laura Poitrases of the world are correct when they say the u.s. government is going too far, underline and put flashing red lights on the reporting that says counterterrorism is being used to justify all sorts of things not justified by the actual threat of terrorism and have, in fact, green lit gross government overreach and intrusion and intimidation of legitimate activity including journalism, then putting journalist and their families through marathon interrogations and seizing all their electronics is a really great way to start convincing the world that all that reporting is accurate. Letting our closest allies do it while we stand silent is the same thing as us doing it. a dangerous affront to who we are as a country and democracy.

Watch full segment: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#52797608

Oh, and move over kids: we gotta make room for Rachel under this bus!