> I hold out hope that this will cause several high-profile firings in the administration.
Why would it? It's pretty obvious Obama's complicit in this - why would he fire those who are implementing policies that he's supporting?
Why would it? It's pretty obvious Obama's complicit in this - why would he fire those who are implementing policies that he's supporting?
All the evidence suggests that the American public doesn't mind privacy violations as long you say "child pornographer" and "terrorist" a lot when you talk about them.
Do you really think the NYT headline was known to Obama? So yes: The reaction of the populace is news.
Again: Some people change course when presented with new data. While politicians and partisans rarely fall into that camp, I'm hopeful that Obama does.
However I cannot say that I am optimistic.