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In reply to the discussion: Why the NSA scandal belongs squarely in President Obama's lap [View all]blm
(113,016 posts)14. Do you KNOW that he was using it to target Americans? No. If he was showing discernment then
that right there would be a huge difference from Bush.
If he was using it to ONLY target international terrorists, then that would be a huge advancement from the Bush years.
I know you're now invested in this position, but, to demand a president halt a legal program completely that CAN be used to intercept terror plans is a waste of time. I will applaud him if he CURBED the power he has to assure that every American was NOT caught up in the net. I suspect that he did restrain some of that power and was much more discerning. We will see when the documents are released.
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Then after he was elected President he had that little heart-to-heart with the Defense
monmouth3
Jun 2013
#3
Trying to think of a name for becoming aware of something only when it benefits the GOP
siligut
Jun 2013
#22
Do you KNOW that he was using it to target Americans? No. If he was showing discernment then
blm
Jun 2013
#14
You're assuming. I'm willing to bet that Obama did put curbs on the program and I have never been
blm
Jun 2013
#19
Sorry to disappoint you, but, I do believe Obama didn't go to the extremes Bush did
blm
Jun 2013
#42
I'm well aware of all of that and still state that when all the documents are released we'll see
blm
Jun 2013
#52
If you trust Bush-Cheney with NSA program more than Obama-Biden, you should've voted for McCain.
blm
Jun 2013
#55
Are you saying that President Obama should have lobbied every Congress person to overturn the ....
peace13
Jun 2013
#7
Bogus hide. The poster's point was 100% accurate and his reaction to the point perfectly reasonable
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#37
Do you have any idea what would have happened if Obama did NOT use all the tools available to him...
randome
Jun 2013
#28
Of course there is no conclusive evidence. Why would they announce anything like that?
randome
Jun 2013
#36
We needed President Obama to follow through on what Candidate Obama promised
Savannahmann
Jun 2013
#33
Fuck the TeaPubliKlan outrage, where was it when 9/11 actually happened on their watch?
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#41
Saying "other guy did it too" is a piss poor excuse for spying on Americans.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#30
Access all the data of every customer every day for at least one phone company.
morningfog
Jun 2013
#59
yeah, he coulda picked the hard way and we'd have President Boehner right now.
librechik
Jun 2013
#49