NAPOLITANO, D.H.S. WANT SAME SPYING POWERS AS N.S.A. HAS

The drive for an expanded DHS role in domestic spying has been picking up steam. CISPA was reintroduced in the House of Representatives in February and passed in April. Although the bill stalled in the Senate, one of its most troubling portions remains intact: a provision granting private companies immunity from “any provision of the law” if they break privacy agreements between themselves and their customers to share private information with the federal government.

COMMENTS:

If you think for one minute that the greatly expanded role of spying on the American people, plus the construction of that massive new data center in Utah is innocuous, you’ve got another thing coming.  The government doesn’t collect information it doesn’t intend to use. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. General Alexander put on a strong defense of the NSA snooping program yesterday.  What’s your opinion now?  (DeWitt ~ Patterson, CA)

A. Unchanged.  The more they insist everything is hunky dory, the more convinced I am that they are lying through their teeth.  It’s interesting to note that, while they insist their program prevented all of these terrorist attacks, we’re five years down the road from a successful attack in New York City and the FBI and NYPD are offering a $65,000 reward for any info.  Two cases where all kinds of signals were out there that a terrorist action was about to take place, the Fort Hood shooting spree and the Boston Marathon Bombing were not prevented.  I don’t think the ends justify the means. 

Q. Now that Obama is getting us involved in Syria, how do you think he intends to get us back out?  (Jean ~ Chico, CA)

A. He hasn’t even considered that question.  But, don’t worry; trust him.  If you weren’t in the situation room, you don’t have a right to know any of that stuff.  He’s such a good looking President, isn’t he? 

Q. CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson has had both her office and personal computers hacked.  Known for her investigative reporting on the Benghazi Massacre and Fast & Furious, she says that there were moments when her computers exhibited “bizarre behavior.”  Do you think it’s the feds?  (Trudy ~ Shawnee Mission, KS)

A. Well, she says she knows but is not going to say until a computer forensics analysis is completed.  The fact that DOJ went after James Rosen and the Associated Press is certainly indicative to me of more government foul play.  If that turns out to be the case, the House needs to start Impeachment proceedings.  That would be the straw that broke the camel’s back. 

 

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.”  ~ Andy Rooney 

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/2484446609001/fbi-digs-up-field-in-search-for-jimmy-hoffas-remains/?intcmp=obinsite

TWO UPDATES TO PRIOR STORIES:

The bloody Chicago violence last weekend reported in Monday’s post at 33 shot and seven dead eventually settled at 46 shot. 

The question in Tuesday’s blog misled me and I fell for it.  It was about the decision of the Supreme Court against Arizona’s requirement for proof of citizenship before being issued a voter registration form.  The question indicated the Court making the decision was the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals.  My apologies.