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In reply to the discussion: Senator Al Franken on NSA surveillance [View all]bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)59. Mr. Franken's support for the Iraq war illustrated his judgment in such matters for me.
And yes, I know he wasn't in the Senate at the time, but I have read his books.
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"There's certain things that its appropriate for me to know that its not appropriate for the
elleng
Jun 2013
#1
The thing is, the Program has never stopped a single serious act of terrorism inside the U.S. The
leveymg
Jun 2013
#27
Sen DiFi claimed that the 2009 subway bomb plot was thwarted by PRISM. That mischaracterizes
leveymg
Jun 2013
#36
NSA's defenders can't cite a single solid case that's been thwarted by this thing. Burden is on them
leveymg
Jun 2013
#39
Burden is on them, yes, to inform the Senate judiciary committee of successes, not the public
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#85
Not a big believer in an informed public are you? DiFi couldn't cite a single valid example
leveymg
Jun 2013
#105
There are plenty of examples. All you have to do is google. Virtually every prevented terror attack
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#122
actually, this is silly and not logical at all. Nothing happening means events thwarted.It works.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#119
Well, Franken is just another cryptofascist acolyte of the extremist RW corporatists.
baldguy
Jun 2013
#4
Less than a year ago there was a big New York Times article on the same thing. They called the
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#13
Ugh, that was unpleasant! But Markey isn't going to let anything sneak by, either.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#90
Have those other intelligent and well-informed people received the same briefings on
MADem
Jun 2013
#112
We can take great comfort in the fact that no future president will ever use the vast
indepat
Jun 2013
#16
Well I guess Al is under the bus with the rest of us who think the outrage is nonsense.
DCBob
Jun 2013
#21
I don't think they're quite there, but I believe they have a project plan
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
#130
Thank you senator Al Franken. Who gave up his LUCRATIVE entertainment career & has worked hard
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#40
so basically he is saying that snowdon is telling the truth, wrapped up in pretty words.
Monkie
Jun 2013
#43
If Sen Franken is endorsing the surveillance program, as represented by the blogger, why can't
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#50
Mr. Franken's support for the Iraq war illustrated his judgment in such matters for me.
bbgrunt
Jun 2013
#59
Thank you. I can tell you what I've figured out today. It has to do with private
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#61
I like Al Franken, but I vehemently disagree with him here, even knowing he's privy to more
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
#68
He might have a little more credibility if he hadn't just voted to take the food out of poor
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#82
Well I'll give him this, he is a much better actor than I gave him credit for.
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#123
Well then let me just stop thinking for myself and agree with him on this issue just because
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#95