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49. So what? Obama denied spying on Americans

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 03:51 PM

Oct 2013

Obama To Leno: 'There Is No Spying On Americans'

by Greg Henderson
August 07, 201312:44 AM

President Obama defended the US government's surveillance program, telling NBC's Jay Leno on Tuesday that: "There is no spying on Americans."

"We don't have a domestic spying program," Obama said on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. "What we do have is some mechanisms that can track a phone number or an email address that is connected to a terrorist attack. ... That information is useful."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/06/209692380/obama-to-leno-there-is-no-spying-on-americans

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Obama denies NSA spying on Merkel's cellphone [View all] Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 OP

How about Calderon? Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2013 #1

and Merkel is unsatisfied with his assurances cali Oct 2013 #2

I'll believe Obama over a conservative like Merkel. n/t Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #8

bwahahaha. you'd believe Obama if he told you that cali Oct 2013 #44

Once again, ^THIS^ LondonReign2 Oct 2013 #53

You can go ahead and trust conservatives like Merkel Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #54

Merkel didn't say. She asked. Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #56

yeah, because there's no other evidence that the NSA has been doing things like this cali Oct 2013 #60

And in other news, water is wet. Rex Oct 2013 #3

I agree. HappyMe Oct 2013 #15

People are shocked by the Truth RobertEarl Oct 2013 #36

Germany spies on Obama? Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #41

Jonathan Pollard's only mistake was getting caught OmahaBlueDog Oct 2013 #80

It's a travesty that this President has to stay on the defensive because of a traitor BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #4

Snowden did us a huge favor and the President is on the defensive cali Oct 2013 #5

+1000 eom Purveyor Oct 2013 #7

gad but du gets more reactionary, blindly partisan and cali Oct 2013 #11

How does accusations of the NSA spying on a German chancellor benefit me? nt BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #13

oh for the love of a glimmer of reason. I didn't say that it did. cali Oct 2013 #21

Then don't say he did "US" a huge favor. He didn't do anything for me. nt BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #26

really? that's your response? cali Oct 2013 #28

Please choose better words. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #32

bullfuckingshit. I have a physical disability cali Oct 2013 #34

In post #23 BSB says I've been eating paint chips Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #45

disgusting as are all the posts I've seen from that person. cali Oct 2013 #46

Most of my posts are in defense of the President and ACA. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #68

and thanks for proving my case. I have NEVER said I was disgusted by the President cali Oct 2013 #69

what? No response after telling me, someone who is physically disabled cali Oct 2013 #50

Oh please Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #76

Things are only legitimate if they benefit you? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #22

The NSA is viewed more favorably than the IRS... BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #31

That makes no sense. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #39

Is this satire? LondonReign2 Oct 2013 #55

sadly, not satire or perfomance art. cali Oct 2013 #57

Thanks for answering my questions for me. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #67

you going to tell me I'm wrong? cali Oct 2013 #71

Hemmorhoids consistently poll better than the IRS. EOTE Oct 2013 #88

When I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #19

I blame the paint chips. nt BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #23

And you have the nerve to go after someone for using the word "lame"? EOTE Oct 2013 #89

The goal for the enablers is to make the rest of Obama's term as difficult as possible Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #6

You are correct. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #10

why can't the adoring sychophants see that they're damaging cali Oct 2013 #48

+ a gazillion. nt Mojorabbit Oct 2013 #52

Are you referring to Snowden's fans? ecstatic Oct 2013 #78

YOU! NAILED! IT! Tarheel_Dem Oct 2013 #16

what a load. The point is to rein in the NSA cali Oct 2013 #17

You're disgusted by my post? Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #59

Really? Because I saw a consolidated rally behind the President during the shutdown. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #27

You have a vivid imagination. NealK Oct 2013 #81

Personal attacks have no effect on me. n/t Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #83

Its the NSA dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #9

Welcome to DU Mojorabbit Oct 2013 #51

So you are saying that the NSA spying on everyone is ok if we dont know about it? rhett o rick Oct 2013 #74

It's the new craze that's sweeping the globe. NSA! NSA! NSA! Tarheel_Dem Oct 2013 #12

Anything short of President Obama announcing the end of the intelligence agencies... BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #18

They don't care about this shit. It's like the President said.."they're just interested in.... Tarheel_Dem Oct 2013 #24

bullshit. the vast majority just want oversight, the NSA to remain within its dictate cali Oct 2013 #29

54% of Americans recently polled view the NSA favorably. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #33

I'm clearly referring to your claim that those who find NSA abuses cali Oct 2013 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #63

So? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #43

that's an exaggeration Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #37

There's a statement likely to backfire. n/t winter is coming Oct 2013 #14

The WH had not comment on whether it HAS monitored Merkel's phone Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #20

+1 Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #25

+1000 and watch the deniers ignore this post. cali Oct 2013 #30

+1 leftstreet Oct 2013 #47

+100000 woo me with science Oct 2013 #70

+1 BelgianMadCow Oct 2013 #94

If President Obama says her phone is not being monitored Dreamer Tatum Oct 2013 #35

is not now. they refused to answer about whether it was in the past. cali Oct 2013 #42

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #38

So what? Obama denied spying on Americans leftstreet Oct 2013 #49

+100000 Credibility on NSA already gone. woo me with science Oct 2013 #72

Yeah, but, but this time it's true! NealK Oct 2013 #82

As an American and Democrat, I know who I believe Progressive dog Oct 2013 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author roamer65 Oct 2013 #64

What did Snowden say that you don't believe? Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #65

The Merkel stuff came from Eddy Progressive dog Oct 2013 #73

That is false. Snowden and the documents he leaked are not the same thing Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #75

That is true. Snowden is the only document source. Progressive dog Oct 2013 #79

you mean snowden inserted false information in these documents? Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #84

He could have done either, he had Progressive dog Oct 2013 #87

Your theory that Snowden altered the content of the documents is unprecedented Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #90

So a computer hacker doesn't know how to alter computer documents, Progressive dog Oct 2013 #91

I've never heard of someone needing to flee to Russia because they made shit up. JVS Oct 2013 #92

I have heard of perjury, libel, and slander. Progressive dog Oct 2013 #93

Denies monitoring now but not in the past. pa28 Oct 2013 #61

I have been wondering whether he has been kept in the loop on what is being spied on. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #62

What have they ever been "in the loop" on? madville Oct 2013 #77

Of course we are listening to her conversations. roamer65 Oct 2013 #66

The first and second line of this post are examples of distortion... gulliver Oct 2013 #85

Actually USA today edited the article after I posted Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #86