Obama's Privacy Reform Panel Will Report To ... the NSA
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FuzzNugget writes "No, you didn't just stumble upon The Onion by mistake. Ars Technica reports that Obama's 'reform' panel will report directly to James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence who arguably lied to Congress about whether the NSA conducted dragnet surveillance of Americans' communications. But is anyone really surprised?"
Arguably lied? (Score:5, Informative)
American version of Hanlon's Razor (Score:5, Informative)
Panel Will Also Operate in Secret (Score:5, Informative)
The article doesn't state it, but I heard on CBS News Radio this morning that the panel will also operate in secret, and all records will be classified.
Nothing to see here, move along, citizen. Thank you for your cooperation.
Re:Arguably lied? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Happy President (Score:4, Informative)
Things will get so bad that 1984 will look like utopia, not distopia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book) [wikipedia.org]
Utopia isn't really what people think it is. Of course, the irony is that in modern usage, it does mean "perfect society" despite the satirical bent of More's original work.
And I believe 1984 was actually intended to look like Utopia in the first place, IIRC.
Re:Happy President (Score:2, Informative)
Just to be accurate Lincoln conducted the first practice of this back in 1862.
Re:Arguably lied? (Score:5, Informative)
No.
He was asked if they collected the data on Americans. He said no. That was a lie. It was in no part true. Anyone who knew about Bill Binney [wikipedia.org] or the Quantico Circuit [wikipedia.org] knew it was a lie even before the echo of his words died down in the room.
Re:Happy President (Score:4, Informative)
Until there is a Libertarian candidate, who is remotely viable, picking Republicans is what Libertarians ought to be doing. Because Republicans are far less wrong on economy. And economic freedom is required for prosperity...
The [forbes.com] opposite [bloomberg.com] is [foxbusiness.com] literally [usnews.com] true [bostonglobe.com]. I don't personally vote economic issues (there's nothing wrong with doing so), but if I were to, voting Republican would not be an optimal choice.
On contrast, if an ultra-Conservative "RethugliKKKan" wins elections and, horrors, manages to outlaw abortions... Guess what? I'll still be able to afford my daughter's trip to Canada, should she ever want the procedure.
You seem to primarily vote your wallet, and you also have a liberal position on at least one social issue, or, at least, you're not crazy about the Republican platform position on that issue (please correct me if I read you wrong). Again, nothing wrong with that, but holding a Republican preference with what you've shared of your political views seems... decidedly strange. I'd honestly be interested in how you arrived at the preference you have.
...the deterioration of our economy...
What [washingtonpost.com] deterioration [tradingeconomics.com]? Now, I'll be the first to admit that we're not exactly seeing Clinton-era growth, but we are seeing steady, albeit slow, improvement. Again, literally the opposite of deterioration.
WTF? Clapper is NOT the NSA (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Happy President (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Happy President (Score:2, Informative)