N.S.A. DOMESTIC SPYING DOCUMENTS RELEASED

The Obama Administration yesterday released a slew of formerly classified documents regarding the operations of the N.S.A. The documents supposedly verify that a record of every single phone call made in the United States, whether landline or cellular, is kept.  This is regardless of any legitimate cause for suspicion or knowledge of guilt or innocence of any party involved.  The documents also show how the agency spies on Web browsing and other Internet activity abroad.  The papers outlined the bulk collection of “metadata” logging all domestic phone calls and e-mails of Americans and are portrayed as an “early warning system” that allowed the government to quickly see who was linked to a terrorism suspect. 

COMMENTS:

I can just see it now.  My little Johnny is playing with the phone and randomly dials the telephone number of some horrible terrorist holed up in a cave in Afghanistan.  First thing you know, the government has seized my bank accounts, snatched my computer and my smart phone, sent in agents to go through my garbage, and has arrested me and charged me, my attorney and my accountant with a plot to overthrow the government.  Just who is going to get me out of this mess?  Johnny’s no help; he’s been taken off by the authorities to a “real American” house.  The dangers here cannot be overestimated. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. What do you think about Obama’s claim that the Republicans are sabotaging ObamaCare?  (Judith ~ Tooele, UT)

A. That’s an outright admission that something is wrong with the program.  The Republicans did not create ObamaCare; in fact, seeing its countless flaws, they have tried to repeal it.  The evident fact is that, despite so many things going wrong, Obama wants to saddle us with it whether we like it or not, whether it will ruin the economy or not, and whether it will ruin our healthcare in general or not.  And, he’s trying, in advance of its “coming off the track,” to set up blame on the Republicans.  But, he can’t explain away the growing number of democrats who are abandoning ship on the issue. 

Q. How can DHS lose track of 1 million visitors here on temporary papers; they have no idea if these people left when they were supposed to or are still here?  (Gabriella ~ Newport Beach, CA)

A. It’s called incompetency.  That’s why Napolitano left.  She’s flatly incompetent and has risen far above her intellectual capacity.  The real question is: how many of this million people pose a danger or threat to our national security? 

Q. What do you have to say about the USDA paying crop insurance to people who died between 2008 and 2012 totaling $32 million?  (Lewis ~ Klamath Falls, OR)

A. Well, if they can vote why can’t they get crop insurance? 

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Hopping the fence or wading the Rio Grande River isn't part of America's immigration process.” ~ Ted Nugent

TODAY’S VIDEO:

The 70-page report was released late Wednesday by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee. To coincide with the release, lawmakers also wrote a letter to President Obama calling for a "change in leadership" at the Justice Department.