"And why did President Obama sign on, not only to the program but also to the idea that it should grow? According to the Post, the N.S.A. briefing “described the new tool as the most prolific contributor to the President’s Daily Brief.” Did all of this appeal most to Obama’s fear, his curiosity, or a certain sense of his own cleverness? He seems to have acted as a steward not of the law but of some of its worst distortions under his predecessor. This Administration seems to have forgotten that Americans have a perfect right to keep secrets. If there is a legal basis for these programs, then something is wrong with the way the laws in question are written or read—in a way that may be up to the Supreme Court and, through political mechanisms, the public to address." newyorker/online/blogs/closeread/2013/06/america-through-the-nsas-prism.html
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:30:35 +0000
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