The flow of news out of Washington regarding the N.S.A., its surveillance of law-abiding Americans' phone calling habits, and e-mail contacts; plus news about the role of private contractors in all this, has become a veritable torrent. It takes resources far beyond those of this blogger to collect and interpret.
At this juncture I must search for new sources of not only news but analysis. After examining the evidence I will be in a position to make some judgments about just what has been going on.
For now, I comment on the defense of all this intelligence-gathering by President Obama. He claims a couple of score of terrorist attacks have been averted as a direct result of all this "meta-data." However, I have seen no details backing up this claim, if indeed there are any. It is sad that we have come to the point where we cannot trust our own government. Let us remember this is the same government that took us into war with Mexico, Spain, and Viet-Nam, on dubious or non-existing "reasons." This continues to be a government which must be questioned and investigated. It is the only Constitutional -- and patriotic -- thing to do.
At this juncture I must search for new sources of not only news but analysis. After examining the evidence I will be in a position to make some judgments about just what has been going on.
For now, I comment on the defense of all this intelligence-gathering by President Obama. He claims a couple of score of terrorist attacks have been averted as a direct result of all this "meta-data." However, I have seen no details backing up this claim, if indeed there are any. It is sad that we have come to the point where we cannot trust our own government. Let us remember this is the same government that took us into war with Mexico, Spain, and Viet-Nam, on dubious or non-existing "reasons." This continues to be a government which must be questioned and investigated. It is the only Constitutional -- and patriotic -- thing to do.
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