Some Mississippi state-owned parks ban guns despite open carry law - Watchdog.org
Why?
Thursday, April 30, 2015
ANONYMOUS ISSUES MAJOR WARNING ON JADE HELM MARTIAL LAW EXERCISES! (VIDEO) |
ANONYMOUS ISSUES MAJOR WARNING ON JADE HELM MARTIAL LAW EXERCISES! (VIDEO) |
These days it is becoming increasingly more difficult to determine the truth, especially from mainstream media. Government moles were intentionally placed to keep the facts from the public. Of course this agenda of the US government purposely keeping Americans uninformed in the dark, too dumbed down and confused, not knowing who or what to believe or trust as the actual truth, is exactly where the feds want us.
Can we accomplish getting the nation to action against the tyranny posed by Jade Helm? It will be very difficult, and even if Jade Helm ends up being no more than a drill, not likely, but to the blind sheep I would say they are practicing to subjugate you for a good reason.
An Anonymous video has surfaced warning civilians about Jade Helm. Watch and decide for yourself.
Audio Released of Cop Shooting and Killing College Student for Speaking Disrespectfully
Audio Released of Cop Shooting and Killing College Student for Speaking Disrespectfully
Carter: Stop it (yelling). Stop (yelling). Stop (yelling).
Redus: You’re (expletive) choking me dude.
Carter: Stop (yelling). Stop (yelling).
Redus: You just tried to (expletive) choke me.
Carter: Stop (yelling). Stop (yelling). Or I will shoot (yelling). Stop (yelling).
Redus: You’re going to (expletive) shoot me?Carter: Stop or I will shoot (yelling).
Redus: You’re going to (expletive) shoot me.
Carter: Stop (yelling).Redus: For trying to make you not choke me right now?
Carter: Stop (yelling). Don’t put your leg up (yelling). Stop resisting (yelling).
Redus: Are you going to shoot me?
Carter: Stop it (yelling). Stop (yelling). Stop (yelling).
Redus: You’re (expletive) choking me dude.
Carter: Stop (yelling). Stop (yelling).
Redus: You just tried to (expletive) choke me.
Carter: Stop (yelling). Stop (yelling). Or I will shoot (yelling). Stop (yelling).
Redus: You’re going to (expletive) shoot me?Carter: Stop or I will shoot (yelling).
Redus: You’re going to (expletive) shoot me.
Carter: Stop (yelling).Redus: For trying to make you not choke me right now?
Carter: Stop (yelling). Don’t put your leg up (yelling). Stop resisting (yelling).
Redus: Are you going to shoot me?
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Comedian W. Kamau Bell: White people should be banned from mentioning MLK - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com
Comedian W. Kamau Bell: White people should be banned from mentioning MLK - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com
"Dear White America: beautifully written," he said. "Please Stop Talking About Martin Luther King Jr. and the Baltimore 'Riots'." His tweet included a link to an article at the far-left wing Daily Kos that said the "killing of Freddie Gray, an unarmed black man who was a victim of racial profiling and harassment by police, is the proximate cause" of the riots in Baltimore.
Hes a comedian people take nothing he says as fact!!!!!!!
"Dear White America: beautifully written," he said. "Please Stop Talking About Martin Luther King Jr. and the Baltimore 'Riots'." His tweet included a link to an article at the far-left wing Daily Kos that said the "killing of Freddie Gray, an unarmed black man who was a victim of racial profiling and harassment by police, is the proximate cause" of the riots in Baltimore.
Hes a comedian people take nothing he says as fact!!!!!!!
Comedian W. Kamau Bell: White people should be banned from mentioning MLK - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com
Comedian W. Kamau Bell: White people should be banned from mentioning MLK - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com
"Dear White America: beautifully written," he said. "Please Stop Talking About Martin Luther King Jr. and the Baltimore 'Riots'." His tweet included a link to an article at the far-left wing Daily Kos that said the "killing of Freddie Gray, an unarmed black man who was a victim of racial profiling and harassment by police, is the proximate cause" of the riots in Baltimore.
Hes a comedian people take nothing he says as fact!!!!!!!
"Dear White America: beautifully written," he said. "Please Stop Talking About Martin Luther King Jr. and the Baltimore 'Riots'." His tweet included a link to an article at the far-left wing Daily Kos that said the "killing of Freddie Gray, an unarmed black man who was a victim of racial profiling and harassment by police, is the proximate cause" of the riots in Baltimore.
Hes a comedian people take nothing he says as fact!!!!!!!
Chinese State Media Wants All US Citizens Disarmed | John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Chinese State Media Wants All US Citizens Disarmed | John Hawkins' Right Wing News
he Chinese government stated, “Their blood and tears demand no delay for the U.S. gun control.”
he Chinese government stated, “Their blood and tears demand no delay for the U.S. gun control.”
BOSTON OFFICER WAVES GUN IN VIDEOGRAPHER'S FACE (VIDEO) | Cop Block
BOSTON OFFICER WAVES GUN IN VIDEOGRAPHER'S FACE (VIDEO) | Cop Block
Was the gun a weapon in a crime? If so, should the officer be carrying it around? Isn’t it evidence? Or was this weapon found during a search? Regardless, I still don’t know what point the officer was trying to make. So you have a gun? Great, why don’t you focus on the crime committed with that gun and not on the person merely filming the police
Was the gun a weapon in a crime? If so, should the officer be carrying it around? Isn’t it evidence? Or was this weapon found during a search? Regardless, I still don’t know what point the officer was trying to make. So you have a gun? Great, why don’t you focus on the crime committed with that gun and not on the person merely filming the police
Obama on Baltimore riots: Blame Republicans | Liberty First
Obama on Baltimore riots: Blame Republicans | Liberty First
If we are serious about solving this problem, then we’re going to not only have to help the police, we’re going to have to think about what can we do, the rest of us, to make sure that we’re providing early education to these kids. To make sure that we’re reforming our criminal justice system so it’s not just a pipeline from schools to prisons. So that we’re not rendering men in these communities unemployable because of a felony record for a nonviolent drug offense. That we’re making investments so they can get the training they need to find jobs.
That’s hard. That requires more than just the occasional news report or task force, and there’s a bunch of my agenda that would make a difference right now in that. I’m under no illusion that under this Congress we’re going to get massive investments in urban communities. And so we’ll try to find areas where we can make a difference around school reform, and around job training, and around some investments in infrastructure in these communities trying to attract new businesses in.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
MEDIA REPORTS BALTIMORE GANGS WILL TARGET POLICE | Cop Block
MEDIA REPORTS BALTIMORE GANGS WILL TARGET POLICE | Cop Block
t’s very hard for me to believe any information that solely relies on believing government agents. If the Black Guerrilla Family sent an email, text message or voice mail to the ‘cops’ let the world hear it. Or, since it is 2015, why didn’t they just post a Facebook status, Youtube video or some public statement themselves? Even ISIS can do that and I can remember when Osama Bin Laden was pumping out a video every Wednesday for 10 years. Yeah, so, when I hear, “could not immediately elaborate on how the information was received or why police found it credible” I have no choice but to assume bullshit.
t’s very hard for me to believe any information that solely relies on believing government agents. If the Black Guerrilla Family sent an email, text message or voice mail to the ‘cops’ let the world hear it. Or, since it is 2015, why didn’t they just post a Facebook status, Youtube video or some public statement themselves? Even ISIS can do that and I can remember when Osama Bin Laden was pumping out a video every Wednesday for 10 years. Yeah, so, when I hear, “could not immediately elaborate on how the information was received or why police found it credible” I have no choice but to assume bullshit.
Monday, April 27, 2015
San Francisco is raising the minimum wage to $15, look what's happening now
San Francisco is raising the minimum wage to $15, look what's happening now
Back in November, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly supported an effort to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The minimum wage is currently $11.05 but it’s expected to top out at $15 in July 2018. We shouldn’t be surprised they made such an awful decision. After all, San Francisco also happens to be part of California’s 12th congressional district, represented by House minority leader Nancy Pelosi.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Liberty Classroom | The history and economics they didn't teach you.
Liberty Classroom | The history and economics they didn't teach you.
Thomas E. Woods, Jr., founder of Liberty Classroom, holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard and his master’s, M.Phil., and Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. His eleven books include the New York Timesbestsellers Meltdown and The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.
Thomas E. Woods, Jr., founder of Liberty Classroom, holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard and his master’s, M.Phil., and Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. His eleven books include the New York Timesbestsellers Meltdown and The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.
"Interfering With Police." A Charge That Doesn't Exist in Mass.
"Interfering With Police." A Charge That Doesn't Exist in Mass.
The officer asked if Carattini was recording them and demanded that he turn over his camera as “evidence” (according to the Department of Justice, police generally need a warrant to seize a camera as evidence). The police officer then immediately escalated the situation, by grabbing the camera.
The camera was mostly covered up from this point on, making it difficult to tell what was happening, but the police can be heard saying that they had detained Carattini and taken his camera because he walked down the unsecured sidewalk. The officer told Carattini that he was “interfering” with an investigation (there is no such charge as “interfering with police” in Massachusetts). Carattini tried to explain that he was just walking to the store.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
WHY I CARRY: Father of 5 Stabbed, Left to Die After Asking Fellow Fisherman to Quieten Down
WHY I CARRY: Father of 5 Stabbed, Left to Die After Asking Fellow Fisherman to Quieten Down
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A father of 5 and a volunteer wrestling coach is dead after being stabbed by an unknown assailant while fishing. Peter Kelly asked a group of rowdy men who were drinking, smoking marijuana, and being loud to keep it down near a public fishing area. One of the men then stabbed Peter to death.
MUST SEE: Citizen Pulls Over Cop For Violations... Issues Warning |
MUST SEE: Citizen Pulls Over Cop For Violations... Issues Warning |
So many times I've seen police officers doing similar things, get frustrated, and have my wife yelling about my blood pressure.
While I fully understand the need for officers to do things in pursuit of thier duties, they have to be held accountable to those same laws.
So many times I've seen police officers doing similar things, get frustrated, and have my wife yelling about my blood pressure.
While I fully understand the need for officers to do things in pursuit of thier duties, they have to be held accountable to those same laws.
Suicide Hotline
Recently I was on the end of this telephone line. It can help. So if you see this repost anywhere you can.
ESPN host: Tom Brady must be racist for snubbing Obama; black players who skipped invite OK - BizPac Review
ESPN host: Tom Brady must be racist for snubbing Obama; black players who skipped invite OK - BizPac Review
Did I mention Stephen Smith is an idiot. This is not the first or fortieth thing I have been on the other side of his. Not just sporty stuff but somethings were to do with sports and politics and some with hollywood, or other things too. I just happen to think hes stupid.
Did I mention Stephen Smith is an idiot. This is not the first or fortieth thing I have been on the other side of his. Not just sporty stuff but somethings were to do with sports and politics and some with hollywood, or other things too. I just happen to think hes stupid.
Friday, April 24, 2015
Is Police Brutality Really on the Rise? | Video | TheBlaze.com
Is Police Brutality Really on the Rise? | Video | TheBlaze.com
An Arizona police officer ran his cruiser straight into an armed suspect — it was caught on a dashcam.
A Virginia cop shot a teen with a Taser and pulled him out of the car — it was recorded on a cellphone.
A South Carolina officer shot and killed at a man after he took off running when he was pulled over for a broken tail light — it too was recorded on video.
A deputy in Oklahoma reached for his Taser and pulled the trigger, only to learn he held his handgun instead — the fatal mistake, all caught on camera.
Libertarians Are the WEIRDest People in the World - Reason.com
Libertarians Are the WEIRDest People in the World - Reason.com
WEIRD is the acronym three social psychologists devised to describe people living in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic societies.
WEIRD is the acronym three social psychologists devised to describe people living in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic societies.
Student Accused of Rape By 'Mattress Girl' Sues Columbia U., Publishes Dozens of Damning Texts - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Student Accused of Rape By 'Mattress Girl' Sues Columbia U., Publishes Dozens of Damning Texts - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Paul Nungesser, the Columbia University student accused of raping fellow student Emma Sulkowicz, is now suing the university for doing nothing to stop Sulkowicz's harassment campaign against him, which he claims "effectively destroyed" his college experience, reputation, and future career prospects.
Paul Nungesser, the Columbia University student accused of raping fellow student Emma Sulkowicz, is now suing the university for doing nothing to stop Sulkowicz's harassment campaign against him, which he claims "effectively destroyed" his college experience, reputation, and future career prospects.
Illegal aliens
I just want to know why anyone can come to this country, live, and work as much as people born of this country, but I cant do that in their country. I f I wished to go move to Mexico or Cuba, or whereever, it would be very different.
I live off me not the government.
Obama is a liar!!!
.is he just stupid or just dumb?
I can see the whole we are not a christian nation, if YOU choose not to be, then fine. However the rest of the country still works on a christian calender. Hence Christmas, and Easter. Not to mention the little holidays along the year.
This however does not in any way shape or form say Muslim, and if you actually put up our Muslim percentages and other countries we are not even top of the scale.
According to Wikipedia, the USA is less than many countries at .20 and some other places are at as much as 1.8 or so.
So Mr. President is this just wishful thinking or are you being lied to?
Edward Snowden Unpopular at Home, A Hero Abroad, Poll Finds
Edward Snowden Unpopular at Home, A Hero Abroad, Poll Finds
A poll of Americans and people living in nine other Western countries has found exiled whistleblower Edward Snowden is far more popular abroad than he is at home.
Snowden, a contractor who worked with the National Security Agency, ignited an intense, ongoing global policy debate about mass surveillance in June 2013 by exposing the collection of vast amounts of phone and Internet records and communications by the NSA and allied intelligence agencies.
World's Smallest Political Quiz
World's Smallest Political Quiz
Personal Issues
Agree
Maybe
Disagree
Government should not censor speech, press, media, or internet.
Military service should be voluntary. There should be no draft.
There should be no laws regarding sex for consenting adults.
Repeal laws prohibiting adult possession and use of drugs.
There should be no National ID card.
Economic Issues
Agree
Maybe
Disagree
End "corporate welfare." No government handouts to business.
End government barriers to international free trade.
Let people control their own retirement; privatize Social Security.
Replace government welfare with private charity.
Cut taxes and government spending by 50% or more.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
The Cost of Police "Just Doing Their Jobs" - YouTube
The Cost of Police "Just Doing Their Jobs" - YouTube
This video is based on an article I wrote for the Anti Media last year:
http://theantimedia.org/still-dont-ca...
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More cops die in accidents:
http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/pres...
Majority of American approve of local police:
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate...
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This video is based on an article I wrote for the Anti Media last year:
http://theantimedia.org/still-dont-ca...
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Find me on Facebook & Twitter:
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@CareyinRogue
More cops die in accidents:
http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/pres...
Majority of American approve of local police:
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate...
*Images and video protected under the Fair Use Act.
Automakers petition Congress to criminalize some home car repairs - National News | Examiner.com
Automakers petition Congress to criminalize some home car repairs - National News | Examiner.com
I cant even work on my car now, its too smart for me
I cant even work on my car now, its too smart for me
Blackboro Baptist Church: “We’re Gonna Kill All White People, Babies Included! I’m Gonna Bash Your F**kin’ Head In!” | RedFlagNews.com
Blackboro Baptist Church: “We’re Gonna Kill All White People, Babies Included! I’m Gonna Bash Your F**kin’ Head In!” | RedFlagNews.com
This is the reason I created this blog. This set of video is just what I've been saying for awhile. Why?
Why are these jerks allowed to walk the streets?
Why arent the police talking to them about anything?
Maybe that person killed in the murder last week with no suspects is these guys? Not only is that possible, but probable because they said they were going to kill people.
If I said the exact same things but replaced black with white, and then white with black, I would be in a cell right now. So....WTF?
This is the reason I created this blog. This set of video is just what I've been saying for awhile. Why?
Why are these jerks allowed to walk the streets?
Why arent the police talking to them about anything?
Maybe that person killed in the murder last week with no suspects is these guys? Not only is that possible, but probable because they said they were going to kill people.
If I said the exact same things but replaced black with white, and then white with black, I would be in a cell right now. So....WTF?
Quebec girl told to stop reading book by school bus driver - Montreal - CBC News
Quebec girl told to stop reading book by school bus driver - Montreal - CBC News does this even make sense to anyone other than the moronic driver?
The leading OS for PC, tablet, phone and cloud | Ubuntu
The leading OS for PC, tablet, phone and cloud | Ubuntu
The Ubuntu story
ubuntu |oǒ'boǒntoō|
Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning 'humanity to others'. It also means 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.
Oh and its free 100% free OS for just about any new or old computer. Also its more intuative than Windows or Mac at least I think so.
It's Now Illegal to Use Cash to Buy Used Goods in This State
It's Now Illegal to Use Cash to Buy Used Goods in This State
Ok I have done some fact checking and this is true. This is why I personally endorse Bitcoin.
Ok I have done some fact checking and this is true. This is why I personally endorse Bitcoin.
This is a type os currency that the government does not have any influence good or bad. Not to mention it's an investment of sorts. When I first heard of Bitcoin years ago, the asking price was $15.00 a coin. Now its more than $200.00 a coin.
NY Times: Obama Administration 'Has Lost All Credibility'
NY Times: Obama Administration 'Has Lost All Credibility'
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NY Times: Obama Administration 'Has Lost All Credibility'
Thursday, 06 Jun 2013 06:05 PM
For the second time in as many months, The New York Times on Thursday blasted the Obama administration for its surveillance practices — this time saying that the White House has “now lost all credibility” after reports that it has been collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers.
“Mr. Obama is proving the truism that the executive will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it,” the Times said in a scathing editorial. “That is one reason we have long argued that the Patriot Act … was reckless in its assignment of unnecessary and overbroad surveillance powers.”
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Just a few hours later, however, the Times inexplicably changed the wording of the editorial to say the administration has now lost "all credibility on this issue," a much softer and different tone. No reason was given for the change.
Last month, the Times ripped the Justice Department for labeling Fox News reporter James Rosen as a possible “co-conspirator” in a criminal investigation of a news leak about North Korea’s nuclear missile program.
The administration has “moved beyond protecting government secrets to threatening fundamental freedoms of the press to gather news,” the newspaper’s editorial said last month.
This latest rebuke from the Times editorial board, which has long been friendly toward President Barack Obama and his administration, stems from news reports that the National Security Agency has been collecting telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top-secret court order issued in April.
According to The Guardian in London, the blanket order requires Verizon, the nation’s No. 2 telecommunications company, to hand over information on all calls in its systems — both within the United States and between the U.S. and other countries.
Verizon, based in New York, must provide the data on an “ongoing, daily basis” through July 19. The order was issued to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on April 25.
The data include the numbers of both parties on a call, location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls. The contents of the conversations itself are not covered in the order, the Guardian reports.
While the order covers calls in Verizon’s business services division, “it seems very likely that it extends beyond Verizon’s business division,” the Times said in its editorial. “There is every reason to believe the federal government has been collecting every bit of information about every American’s phone calls except the words actually exchanged in those calls.”
Dismissing one Obama administration official’s observation that names of the callers are not collected as “lame,” the Times quoted the official as saying that the data are collected “to discover whether known or suspected terrorists have been in contact with other persons who may be engaged in terrorist activities, particularly people located inside the United States.”
“That is a vital goal,” the editorial concedes, “but how is it served by collecting everyone’s call data? The government can easily collect phone records (including the actual content of those calls) on ‘known or suspected terrorists’ without logging every call made.
“Essentially, the administration is saying that, without any individual suspicion of wrongdoing, the government is allowed to know who Americans are calling every time they make a phone call, for how long they talk and from where.
“To casually permit this surveillance — with the American public having no idea that the executive branch is now exercising this power — fundamentally shifts power between the individual and the state, and repudiates constitutional principles governing search, seizure and privacy.”
Urgent: Is Obama Telling the Truth on IRS, Benghazi Scandals?
The editorial also called defense of the practice by Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, “absurd” and challenged assertions by Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the committee’s GOP vice chairman, that the surveillance has “proved meritorious, because we have gathered significant information on bad guys and only on bad guys over the years.”
“But what assurance do we have of that,” the Times editorial asked, “especially since Ms. Feinstein went on to say that she actually did not know how the data being collected was used?”
The editorial then turned its attention to the president himself.
“Mr. Obama clearly had no intention of revealing this eavesdropping, just as he would not have acknowledged the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen, had it not been reported in the press,” the Times said. “Even then, it took him more than a year and a half to acknowledge the killing, and he is still keeping secret the protocol by which he makes such decisions.
“We are not questioning the legality under the Patriot Act of the court order,” the Times editorial continued. “But we strongly object to using that power in this manner. It is the very sort of thing against which Mr. Obama once railed, when he said in 2007 that the Bush administration’s surveillance policy ‘puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide.’”
The editorial even quoted Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the Wisconsin Republican who introduced the Patriot Act in 2001, who attacked the NSA on Thursday for overstepping its authority with the secret order to collect the data on millions of Americans.
“As the author of the Patriot Act, I am extremely troubled by the FBI’s interpretation of this legislation,” Sensenbrenner told the Times. “While I believe the Patriot Act appropriately balanced national security concerns and civil rights, I have always worried about potential abuses.
“Seizing phone records of millions of innocent people is excessive and un-American,” he said.
As such, the Times editorial board concluded, “This stunning use of the act shows, once again, why it needs to be sharply curtailed if not repealed.”
“Mr. Obama is proving the truism that the executive will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it,” the Times said in a scathing editorial. “That is one reason we have long argued that the Patriot Act … was reckless in its assignment of unnecessary and overbroad surveillance powers.”
Urgent: Is Obama Telling the Truth on IRS, Benghazi Scandals?
Just a few hours later, however, the Times inexplicably changed the wording of the editorial to say the administration has now lost "all credibility on this issue," a much softer and different tone. No reason was given for the change.
Last month, the Times ripped the Justice Department for labeling Fox News reporter James Rosen as a possible “co-conspirator” in a criminal investigation of a news leak about North Korea’s nuclear missile program.
The administration has “moved beyond protecting government secrets to threatening fundamental freedoms of the press to gather news,” the newspaper’s editorial said last month.
This latest rebuke from the Times editorial board, which has long been friendly toward President Barack Obama and his administration, stems from news reports that the National Security Agency has been collecting telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top-secret court order issued in April.
According to The Guardian in London, the blanket order requires Verizon, the nation’s No. 2 telecommunications company, to hand over information on all calls in its systems — both within the United States and between the U.S. and other countries.
Verizon, based in New York, must provide the data on an “ongoing, daily basis” through July 19. The order was issued to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on April 25.
The data include the numbers of both parties on a call, location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls. The contents of the conversations itself are not covered in the order, the Guardian reports.
While the order covers calls in Verizon’s business services division, “it seems very likely that it extends beyond Verizon’s business division,” the Times said in its editorial. “There is every reason to believe the federal government has been collecting every bit of information about every American’s phone calls except the words actually exchanged in those calls.”
Dismissing one Obama administration official’s observation that names of the callers are not collected as “lame,” the Times quoted the official as saying that the data are collected “to discover whether known or suspected terrorists have been in contact with other persons who may be engaged in terrorist activities, particularly people located inside the United States.”
“That is a vital goal,” the editorial concedes, “but how is it served by collecting everyone’s call data? The government can easily collect phone records (including the actual content of those calls) on ‘known or suspected terrorists’ without logging every call made.
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“Essentially, the administration is saying that, without any individual suspicion of wrongdoing, the government is allowed to know who Americans are calling every time they make a phone call, for how long they talk and from where.
“To casually permit this surveillance — with the American public having no idea that the executive branch is now exercising this power — fundamentally shifts power between the individual and the state, and repudiates constitutional principles governing search, seizure and privacy.”
Urgent: Is Obama Telling the Truth on IRS, Benghazi Scandals?
The editorial also called defense of the practice by Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, “absurd” and challenged assertions by Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the committee’s GOP vice chairman, that the surveillance has “proved meritorious, because we have gathered significant information on bad guys and only on bad guys over the years.”
“But what assurance do we have of that,” the Times editorial asked, “especially since Ms. Feinstein went on to say that she actually did not know how the data being collected was used?”
The editorial then turned its attention to the president himself.
“Mr. Obama clearly had no intention of revealing this eavesdropping, just as he would not have acknowledged the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen, had it not been reported in the press,” the Times said. “Even then, it took him more than a year and a half to acknowledge the killing, and he is still keeping secret the protocol by which he makes such decisions.
“We are not questioning the legality under the Patriot Act of the court order,” the Times editorial continued. “But we strongly object to using that power in this manner. It is the very sort of thing against which Mr. Obama once railed, when he said in 2007 that the Bush administration’s surveillance policy ‘puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide.’”
The editorial even quoted Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the Wisconsin Republican who introduced the Patriot Act in 2001, who attacked the NSA on Thursday for overstepping its authority with the secret order to collect the data on millions of Americans.
“As the author of the Patriot Act, I am extremely troubled by the FBI’s interpretation of this legislation,” Sensenbrenner told the Times. “While I believe the Patriot Act appropriately balanced national security concerns and civil rights, I have always worried about potential abuses.
“Seizing phone records of millions of innocent people is excessive and un-American,” he said.
As such, the Times editorial board concluded, “This stunning use of the act shows, once again, why it needs to be sharply curtailed if not repealed.”
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NY Times: Obama Administration 'Has Lost All Credibility'
NY Times: Obama Administration 'Has Lost All Credibility'
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NY Times: Obama Administration 'Has Lost All Credibility'
Thursday, 06 Jun 2013 06:05 PM
For the second time in as many months, The New York Times on Thursday blasted the Obama administration for its surveillance practices — this time saying that the White House has “now lost all credibility” after reports that it has been collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers.
“Mr. Obama is proving the truism that the executive will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it,” the Times said in a scathing editorial. “That is one reason we have long argued that the Patriot Act … was reckless in its assignment of unnecessary and overbroad surveillance powers.”
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Just a few hours later, however, the Times inexplicably changed the wording of the editorial to say the administration has now lost "all credibility on this issue," a much softer and different tone. No reason was given for the change.
Last month, the Times ripped the Justice Department for labeling Fox News reporter James Rosen as a possible “co-conspirator” in a criminal investigation of a news leak about North Korea’s nuclear missile program.
The administration has “moved beyond protecting government secrets to threatening fundamental freedoms of the press to gather news,” the newspaper’s editorial said last month.
This latest rebuke from the Times editorial board, which has long been friendly toward President Barack Obama and his administration, stems from news reports that the National Security Agency has been collecting telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top-secret court order issued in April.
According to The Guardian in London, the blanket order requires Verizon, the nation’s No. 2 telecommunications company, to hand over information on all calls in its systems — both within the United States and between the U.S. and other countries.
Verizon, based in New York, must provide the data on an “ongoing, daily basis” through July 19. The order was issued to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on April 25.
The data include the numbers of both parties on a call, location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls. The contents of the conversations itself are not covered in the order, the Guardian reports.
While the order covers calls in Verizon’s business services division, “it seems very likely that it extends beyond Verizon’s business division,” the Times said in its editorial. “There is every reason to believe the federal government has been collecting every bit of information about every American’s phone calls except the words actually exchanged in those calls.”
Dismissing one Obama administration official’s observation that names of the callers are not collected as “lame,” the Times quoted the official as saying that the data are collected “to discover whether known or suspected terrorists have been in contact with other persons who may be engaged in terrorist activities, particularly people located inside the United States.”
“That is a vital goal,” the editorial concedes, “but how is it served by collecting everyone’s call data? The government can easily collect phone records (including the actual content of those calls) on ‘known or suspected terrorists’ without logging every call made.
“Essentially, the administration is saying that, without any individual suspicion of wrongdoing, the government is allowed to know who Americans are calling every time they make a phone call, for how long they talk and from where.
“To casually permit this surveillance — with the American public having no idea that the executive branch is now exercising this power — fundamentally shifts power between the individual and the state, and repudiates constitutional principles governing search, seizure and privacy.”
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The editorial also called defense of the practice by Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, “absurd” and challenged assertions by Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the committee’s GOP vice chairman, that the surveillance has “proved meritorious, because we have gathered significant information on bad guys and only on bad guys over the years.”
“But what assurance do we have of that,” the Times editorial asked, “especially since Ms. Feinstein went on to say that she actually did not know how the data being collected was used?”
The editorial then turned its attention to the president himself.
“Mr. Obama clearly had no intention of revealing this eavesdropping, just as he would not have acknowledged the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen, had it not been reported in the press,” the Times said. “Even then, it took him more than a year and a half to acknowledge the killing, and he is still keeping secret the protocol by which he makes such decisions.
“We are not questioning the legality under the Patriot Act of the court order,” the Times editorial continued. “But we strongly object to using that power in this manner. It is the very sort of thing against which Mr. Obama once railed, when he said in 2007 that the Bush administration’s surveillance policy ‘puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide.’”
The editorial even quoted Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the Wisconsin Republican who introduced the Patriot Act in 2001, who attacked the NSA on Thursday for overstepping its authority with the secret order to collect the data on millions of Americans.
“As the author of the Patriot Act, I am extremely troubled by the FBI’s interpretation of this legislation,” Sensenbrenner told the Times. “While I believe the Patriot Act appropriately balanced national security concerns and civil rights, I have always worried about potential abuses.
“Seizing phone records of millions of innocent people is excessive and un-American,” he said.
As such, the Times editorial board concluded, “This stunning use of the act shows, once again, why it needs to be sharply curtailed if not repealed.”
“Mr. Obama is proving the truism that the executive will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it,” the Times said in a scathing editorial. “That is one reason we have long argued that the Patriot Act … was reckless in its assignment of unnecessary and overbroad surveillance powers.”
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Just a few hours later, however, the Times inexplicably changed the wording of the editorial to say the administration has now lost "all credibility on this issue," a much softer and different tone. No reason was given for the change.
Last month, the Times ripped the Justice Department for labeling Fox News reporter James Rosen as a possible “co-conspirator” in a criminal investigation of a news leak about North Korea’s nuclear missile program.
The administration has “moved beyond protecting government secrets to threatening fundamental freedoms of the press to gather news,” the newspaper’s editorial said last month.
This latest rebuke from the Times editorial board, which has long been friendly toward President Barack Obama and his administration, stems from news reports that the National Security Agency has been collecting telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top-secret court order issued in April.
According to The Guardian in London, the blanket order requires Verizon, the nation’s No. 2 telecommunications company, to hand over information on all calls in its systems — both within the United States and between the U.S. and other countries.
Verizon, based in New York, must provide the data on an “ongoing, daily basis” through July 19. The order was issued to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on April 25.
The data include the numbers of both parties on a call, location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls. The contents of the conversations itself are not covered in the order, the Guardian reports.
While the order covers calls in Verizon’s business services division, “it seems very likely that it extends beyond Verizon’s business division,” the Times said in its editorial. “There is every reason to believe the federal government has been collecting every bit of information about every American’s phone calls except the words actually exchanged in those calls.”
Dismissing one Obama administration official’s observation that names of the callers are not collected as “lame,” the Times quoted the official as saying that the data are collected “to discover whether known or suspected terrorists have been in contact with other persons who may be engaged in terrorist activities, particularly people located inside the United States.”
“That is a vital goal,” the editorial concedes, “but how is it served by collecting everyone’s call data? The government can easily collect phone records (including the actual content of those calls) on ‘known or suspected terrorists’ without logging every call made.
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“Essentially, the administration is saying that, without any individual suspicion of wrongdoing, the government is allowed to know who Americans are calling every time they make a phone call, for how long they talk and from where.
“To casually permit this surveillance — with the American public having no idea that the executive branch is now exercising this power — fundamentally shifts power between the individual and the state, and repudiates constitutional principles governing search, seizure and privacy.”
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The editorial also called defense of the practice by Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, “absurd” and challenged assertions by Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the committee’s GOP vice chairman, that the surveillance has “proved meritorious, because we have gathered significant information on bad guys and only on bad guys over the years.”
“But what assurance do we have of that,” the Times editorial asked, “especially since Ms. Feinstein went on to say that she actually did not know how the data being collected was used?”
The editorial then turned its attention to the president himself.
“Mr. Obama clearly had no intention of revealing this eavesdropping, just as he would not have acknowledged the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen, had it not been reported in the press,” the Times said. “Even then, it took him more than a year and a half to acknowledge the killing, and he is still keeping secret the protocol by which he makes such decisions.
“We are not questioning the legality under the Patriot Act of the court order,” the Times editorial continued. “But we strongly object to using that power in this manner. It is the very sort of thing against which Mr. Obama once railed, when he said in 2007 that the Bush administration’s surveillance policy ‘puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide.’”
The editorial even quoted Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the Wisconsin Republican who introduced the Patriot Act in 2001, who attacked the NSA on Thursday for overstepping its authority with the secret order to collect the data on millions of Americans.
“As the author of the Patriot Act, I am extremely troubled by the FBI’s interpretation of this legislation,” Sensenbrenner told the Times. “While I believe the Patriot Act appropriately balanced national security concerns and civil rights, I have always worried about potential abuses.
“Seizing phone records of millions of innocent people is excessive and un-American,” he said.
As such, the Times editorial board concluded, “This stunning use of the act shows, once again, why it needs to be sharply curtailed if not repealed.”
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