Archived Obama: 'Handful of senators' standing in way of Patriot Act (yahoo.com)
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Archived Obama: 'Handful of senators' standing in way of Patriot Act (yahoo.com)
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[–] Joliet_Jake_Blues ago
Ehh, that's not entirely true.
The bill they are trying to pass has a lot of oversight mechanisms. If they don't pass it, we will go to the pre-Patriot Act program that had a ton of domestic spying, without any oversight.
It's more like, "Handful of Senators stand in the way of oversight because their supporters are too stupid to know what's in the new bill."
[–] fleas 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
To insinuate that there was as much legal domestic spying pre patriot act and extending the new bill is about really about oversight is disingenuous at best.
[–] Joliet_Jake_Blues ago
I didn't say there was as much domestic spying, I said there was a ton.
Currently, the Senate is trying to install oversight mechanisms and Rand Paul is standing in the way because his supporters are too fucking stupid to know what the hell is going on.
Libertarians are the dumbest people in the country, and they are smug in their stupidity. I really, really wish they'd go Galt.