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In reply to the discussion: The CIA obtained a confidential email to Congress [View all]glowing
(12,233 posts)8. And the NSA keeps a record of all that's transpired. Such messes they create when they
decide they should be able to circumvent the constitution. There is a reason we have certain rules set up about personal space and rights to privacy. Now, we have various govt agencies spying on one another and most likely using ill gotten info in nefarious ways that has nothing to do with actually "protecting or serving" the citizens of this country.
They are all eating their own at this point. And on another, what are they doing that they need to spy and collude to protect their secrets. If the public can't know, it may just be worse news for all of us!
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Lord Acton said that in theological disputes that included Papal infallibility
SharonAnn
Jul 2014
#32
Absolutely, no Whistle Blower can trust Congress anymore. Snowden probably knew this
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#28
And the NSA keeps a record of all that's transpired. Such messes they create when they
glowing
Jul 2014
#8
Truman criticized CIA after the assassination of President Kennedy and Dulles asked for retraction.
Octafish
Jul 2014
#16
Thanks, MinM! Most people have no idea about McCloy's ties to Big Oil and the NAZIs.
Octafish
Jul 2014
#60
Is this another whistleblower leaking this story? How is this story getting out to the MSM?
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#17
Except those who step into the light publicly like Snowden, Binney, Drake, Ellsburg etc
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#21
Past time to throw out this toxic sludge some like to cutely label as bathwater.
TheKentuckian
Jul 2014
#26
No one should be immune to investigations, it does not matter who or what they works
Thinkingabout
Jul 2014
#52
Nice judge that presided over Blagojevich trial also sits on FISA court and invests in Verizon.
Octafish
Jul 2014
#63