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TYT: NSA Surveillance - Does Obama Have ANY Credibility Left? [View all]
"In his remarks today defending the NSA programs gathering telephone records and mining Internet companies, Obama sounded a familiar refrain, saying he welcomes the "debate" over the proper balance between civil liberties and national security."*
Obama gave a speech in defense of recently uncovered secret programs to wiretap and data-mine U.S. citizens almost indiscriminately, and Congress agrees. Do you believe his remarks that we NEED these programs? Would Obama agree with himself campaigning about his stance on civil rights? Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, and John Iadarola discuss.
*Read more form Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/06/07/does-obama-really-believe-nsa-programs-have-the-right-balance/
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