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In reply to the discussion: I/m so tired of reading criticism of Obama on DU [View all]Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)from almost since the beginning. The NSA program dates back (at least) to the 1960s. Not only that, but the U.S. isn't even the only country that has a surveillance program; Germany, Brazil, Russia, etc. all have one, too. Knowing this, what would we look like totally dismantling ours while they keep theirs?
Once I found out that Snowden supported Ron Paul, I started to question his motives for what he did. Did he really do this because he was so concerned about privacy and freedom (never mind him fleeing to a country where those concepts have very little place), or is this yet another non-scandal being used against Obama from the Right?
Don't expect any minds to be changed with this thread, though. Many DUers will obviously overlook those tidbits regardless, while a few infiltrators will continue trying to manufacture outrage here to divide us:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023152339