'You can't have 100% security and 100% privacy': Obama defends NSA' (FBI, suspected, crime)

[All American NYC]

Shouldn't it be called the "largest violation of the 4th amendment in history"?

President Obama delivered a passionate defense on Friday of national security programs that secretly acquire information about Americans' phone calls, saying criticism of them is all 'hype.'
'My assessment and my team's assessment was that [the programs] help us prevent terrorist attacks and that the modest encroachments on privacy that are involved in getting phone numbers or duration [of calls] without a name attached... It was worth us doing.'

[pghquest]

2 faced Obama

Obama in 2007: No more spying on citizens who are not suspected of a crime - YouTube

[urbanlife78]

Absolutes don't exist in the real world, that is true that you can never have 100% of security or privacy.

[carterstamp]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Shouldn't it be called the "largest violation of the 4th amendment in history"?

You know, it's interesting to me that when the Patriot Act was first passed, people were warned this would happen, and labeled pro-terrorist, and unpatriotic.

How the worm has turned.

BTW, how many threads are going to be posted about this?

[EinsteinsGhost]

He is correct, and being realistic. But, that is the problem for the typical "conservative".

[14Bricks]

I'll take my chances with freedom and privacy. As we've seen with the Boston Bombing, the government can't protect you anyway.

[Nomander]

Originally Posted by 14Bricks

I'll take my chances with freedom and privacy. As we've seen with the Boston Bombing, the government can't protect you anyway.

Their intention never was to protect you.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by 14Bricks

I'll take my chances with freedom and privacy. As we've seen with the Boston Bombing, the government can't protect you anyway.

Do you say the same thing with the number of potential terrorist attacks that have been stopped before they could happen?

[HappyTexan]

Oh I like that.."modest encroachments"...all my Verizon info is sent to them daily and that's modest ?

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Do you say the same thing with the number of potential terrorist attacks that have been stopped before they could happen?

And how many of them were NOT FBI manage plots ?