Ex-NSA Chief spills the beans on President Obama’s false ‘reforms’
Ex-NSA Chief Michael Hayden was unusually candid and almost triumphant today as he revealed to a sycophantic ‘journalist’ that proposed NSA ‘reforms’ will increase rather than decrease the amount of metadata the NSA has access to. While the ‘journalist’ (we use that term lightly) seemed pleased by this scenario, I’m left wondering if this was a slip of the tongue by General Hayden? What audience and on what planet would you find anyone that thinks this is cool? Watch his response to the following question…
‘Do you think that President Obama’s NSA reforms are going to happen?’
It is going to happen and on balance I guess I’d give you a very forceful ‘it’s kind of okay.’ Here’s what’s happening, Steve…NSA right now, If you read the press accounts only gets about 30% of that metadata we’re talking about…Now, under this new program–this is the one that the House Intelligence Committee is now supporting, close but not identical to the president’s program–the phone companies keep it only for as long as they currently keep it–which for some of them is only a year and a half or so. But it’s exhaustive, Steve, it’s everything. And so, although NSA has got to ask a question now through the phone companies, it’s asking a question, frankly, of a much larger database than it ever had access to before…
Rep. Justin Amash has been hot on the trail of these fake reforms from the moment they were revealed. Compare the plans at the link:
Only one proposal blocks #NSA from searching for Americans' data w/o a warrant: #FreedomAct. Alternatives are farce. http://t.co/J7HjcsYGZ6
— Justin Amash (@repjustinamash) March 27, 2014
Leave it to the Intel Cmte to come up with #NSA reform that is worse than the current unconstitutional process & even more unconstitutional.
— Justin Amash (@repjustinamash) March 25, 2014
In the words of President Ronald Reagan, “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!”
In the early 1990s, fooling the public with fake reforms would have been a piece cake. However with Sen. Paul, Rep. Amash and others on the left rebutting the government’s claims, this cake may not go down so smooth.