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JDPriestly

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23. I trust Obama with this power, but sooner or later, some other president will abuse it and

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:08 PM

Jan 2014

the American people will pay the consequences. The collection of metadata should be stopped now. I'm less worried about private entities collecting it, but they too should be prohibited from collecting that kind of data.

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Senator Leahy's statement on the President�s NSA reforms [View all] ProSense Jan 2014 OP

Good for Leahy--put the 215 reauthorization back on Sensenbrenner and the Repubs.... msanthrope Jan 2014 #1

YUP ... time to force congress to stop its posturing and take some action and JoePhilly Jan 2014 #6

Indeed--Sensenbrenner SHOCKED that the bill he authored allowed for NSA data collection.... msanthrope Jan 2014 #8

lol! JoePhilly Jan 2014 #11

there are many here that wouldn't change their minds no matter what... VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #2

Nope ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #4

oh baloney, codswallop, nonsense. cali Jan 2014 #18

Okay, alright, yipper. 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #20

Or maybe Jamaal510 Jan 2014 #26

Destroy the illegally collected data... n/t PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #3

It wasn't collected illegally. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #5

Federal judge says NSA program appears to violate Constitution PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #7

"Appears" ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #9

It also not not equal "Is not" or "Does Not" PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #12

Maybe ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #16

On the wrong side of the Constitution PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #17

When do the SCOTUS rule on the issue ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #19

"Appears" to violate the Constitution? Look, if you are going to cite Larry Klayman's litigation msanthrope Jan 2014 #10

Show me a warrant for every citizen of the US PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author RobertEarl Jan 2014 #21

Good Job, PTTP RobertEarl Jan 2014 #22

NSA Phone Surveillance Is Legal, New York Judge Rules ProSense Jan 2014 #13

cockblock, nothing to see there.. n/t PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #15

But a couple of other judges ruled it was illegal. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #24

Links? n/t ProSense Jan 2014 #25

Nah let's hire the same firm that Snowden worked at to keep safeguarding it bobduca Jan 2014 #27

I trust Obama with this power, but sooner or later, some other president will abuse it and JDPriestly Jan 2014 #23