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In reply to the discussion: the people who defended the NSA most vociferously, are those [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Democrats, to get rid of Republicans. Clapper, Alexander eg.
Then fire all of Bush/Cheney's Corporations otherwise known as 'Security Contractors, starting with Republican, Clapper's old Corp, Booz Allen. They've made billions of tax dollars to do NOTHING about terror as the panel has revealed.
Congress should NOT be outsourcing and privatizing our National Security. They need to do their jobs, not pass them along to someone else, and hand the bill to the American people.
I'd be happy with that for a start.
Then, reorganize the NSA and when Dems in power, PUT DEMS in charge. No one can trust a Republican, yet here we are after winning TWO elections.
Then retrain the whole organization so they understand that the American people are NOT Foreign Terrorists, THEY are supposed to be who they are protecting from terror. So start spying on TERRORISTS and let them know we take the US Constitution VERY seriously and anyone who even suggests violating it, in opposition to their very own oaths of office, will be charged with a crime.
Feinstein says we are 'more danger now than ever'. Well, I don't know where to start with that one, but I'll start with 'when you slaughter other people's families, even if they LOVED you before, guess what, you are risking some consequences.
Second, when you spend your time spying on the wrong people, the right people, see the Boston Bomber eg, get to do whatever they want without fear of being spied on.
And get rid of ALL 'secret courts' and 'mass warrants'. Both are unconstitutional. Warrants must show probable cause to be legal. How the hell can you show group probable cause of wrong doing on over 300 million people? If someone tried to pass off the garbage we've been given on this country and expected us to believe it, we would laugh. The ONLY reason we are not laughing is because it is our own government trying to convince of us of these fantasies they are making up.