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How privacy advocates shined light on the NSA’s unconstitutional surveillance

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101 pointsLibertatea8 comments

It's a shame that the EFF had to fight so hard to get the opinions. What is really telling is that the Obama Administration delayed the release till after the FAA was passed and signed.... and then released a completely redacted version. So much for "most transparent administration in history", eh? Just read this and laugh: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOp...

So saddening. When was it written?

In a small, secret room in the White House

Obama: It would be great if I could actually live up to my promise about transparency, but the NSA knows about that I affair I had last year.

Adviser #1: What if we got someone to "leak" the information, and then just bumbled around like idiots trying to "catch" the guy?

Adviser #2: Better make sure he is well taken care of, but by a country we can always blame. How about Russia? They owe us for those spies we caught and sent back to them a few years ago, and anyway Putin always wants to look like he is taking a stand against us.

Adviser #1: Good idea! Let's find out which low-level guys at the NSA can be trusted to keep their mouths shut.

Obama: I like it. I bet those Wikileaks assholes would gobble this crap up. Get Kerry on the line, tell him to get ready to look like a buffoon this summer...

Sigh. So what? The gov will do whatever they want to whomever they want. Bills and rights be damned.

This is a completely self-defeating attitude, that gets a person nowhere and gets in the way of other people.

It's also simply not true, as shown by the change evidenced by the very release of these court documents, in this very article.

Be wary of those that publicly express premature defeat. It's a poisonous attitude.

Edit: the only reason to respond to a troll like this is that the bad attitude is infectious.