Obama administration collecting your phone records from Verizon

[TennAngelsFan]

Glad my cell phone is in my truck or they would hear me swearing daily when all these scandals are revealed.

[nate]

Lol @ posting anything from Fox News

[fan_since79]

Lol @ posting anything from Fox News

Knew that was coming. Like clockwork.

[nate]

By the way, the EFF has been reporting this for years https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/confirmed-nsa-spying-millions-americans

[fan_since79]

The White House defended the program this morning and basically said they won't change a thing.

 

Who's really going to stop them at this point? 

[nate]

They have been on the defensive since the story came out.

 

"We have been doing it forever."

 

"Nobody has complained." - Lol nobody has complained about their super secret program

 

"It has worked to stop terrorism."

 

What a joke.

[TobiasFunke]

I guess I am in bad trouble. I have photos in my Verizon account of me wearing an American flag T-shirt with the provocative words I love America. Even worse I sometimes wear a ball cap that says proudly served River Rats Mekong Delta 1968. I suspect one even has me carrying a flag that said "Don't tread on me" in front of my congressman's office when he voted to squander my grandkids future earnings. Big Brother has a long memory and reaches far.

Pondering what a attorney will cost.

Pics or it didn't happen

[mtangelsfan]

The White House defended the program this morning and basically said they won't change a thing.

 

Who's really going to stop them at this point? 

 

The white house isn't the only one to defend this program.  Nice to see Dems and Republicans standing together to rape us of our rights:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/lindsey-graham-m-glad-nsa-collecting-phone-records-151211411.html

[nate]

Yeah, the only thing they stand together on is the program that ****s us all.

[mtangelsfan]

I was reading another telling article about who in congress has been supporting these acts.  At first, most of the ones who were against this were Dems.  Now dems support this and some republicans, the ones who rank and file supported Bush's proposals are now against it.

 

Pure, unadulterated politics. 

[Scott34]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html

 

Um wow

[nate]

I was reading another telling article about who in congress has been supporting these acts.  At first, most of the ones who were against this were Dems.  Now dems support this and some republicans, the ones who rank and file supported Bush's proposals are now against it.

 

Pure, unadulterated politics. 

 

Lol, yeah, can't be seen supporting the other party.  So sad.

[mtangelsfan]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html

 

Um wow

 

I cannot believe anybody would be ok with this. 

[austin724]

I am so sick of this government. They have destroyed what once was a beautiful country.  So sad that all of this is going on. What's next?

[fan_since79]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html

 

Um wow

AO had better watch his step!

 

 

Just kidding, AO, but really?!?! All our internet activity is now recorded?!

 

"Outrage" is a word that doesn't even scratch the surface of this atrocity!!

[saangels]

Two of my friends got a letter the other day from national security saying that their phones had been tapped for three months because they had been in contact with a known drug dealer.  One of my friends, I admit, is kind of a trouble maker--but the other one is an upstanding citizen; the only reason his (the latter, upstanding friend's) phone was tapped, is because he happened to call the "trouble maker" one day and ask how he was doing.  I never recieved a letter, but wouldn't be surprised at all to find out that the government had been listening to my conversations too.  Hell, they're probably taking note of this message board post as I write it.  F*** the Patriot Act.    

[Lhalo]

The thing that sucks is that I would volunteer my time and donate money to try and get it overturned but I'm afraid I would be put on some list.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Well, there really is a threat of terrorism. 9/11 was not a farce.

 

But clearly the government has overreached in invading our privacy. No question about it.

 

I would agree that the Patriot Act was a very poor response to the original problem.

 

There is no question that the world is a more dangerous place than in years past. However, one day of terrorism has been used as an excuse to erode our freedoms to a point never seen before in history.

[Futch Winkleman]

Remember that late 90's movie with Gene Hackman and Will Smith, "Enemy of the State"?  Remember how far fetched it seemed at the time? 

[fan_since79]

They're checking all our credit card purchases too. Pretty much everything at this point.

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324299104578529112289298922.html

 

 

I think it's still safe to sit quietly in a dark room and think thoughts, though they'll probably be working on that next.

 

 

 

 

[arch stanton]

I'm sure everyone feels much better about allowing location services and giving their contact list to the messenger service.

[Lhalo]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html

 

Um wow

This is huge. I have a feeling we'll be hearing a lot more about this program.

[Kevin]

There is no question that the world is a more dangerous place than in years past. However, one day of terrorism has been used as an excuse to erode our freedoms to a point never seen before in history.

 I agree that this is a scary situation. But one day of terrorism? It hasn't just been one day.

[fan_since79]

They're looking at your Facebook posts too.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data

 

[floplag]

...meet the new boss... same as the old boss.

Im sorry i still laugh at anyone who thinks there is any difference whatever between political parties in this country.

 

Between this and the fact that they are also now monitoring Internet traffic, we have no right to privacy anymore and as far as im concerned have completely lost our identity as a nation.