Quote:The NSA was created as a way for the code breaking experts to continue to provide intelligence to the White House and joint chiefs in the post-war era over 50 years ago. I don't recall it being rolled out to the public as a big safety initiative like M.A.D.D. or seat belts or motorcycle helmets or its creation getting a big propaganda campaign.

Most public safety initiatives don't involve a President unilaterally changing laws in a way that affect Constitutional rights.

 

If this had gone through the proper channels, even just Congress, I'd have no issue with it. I'd support it, actually, but it didn't go through representatives elected directly by the American public. Obama knew it stood no chance of making it through Congress, so he exploited a loophole in the law that we need to hurry up and close to shift a Constitutional right more to his liking. That's not safety--it's tyranny.

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