Pelosi's defense of NSA surveillance draws boos

[Yurt]

Pelosi's defense of NSA surveillance draws boos

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has disappointed some of her liberal base with her defense of the Obama administration's classified surveillance of U.S. residents' phone and Internet records.

Some of the activists attending the annual Netroots Nation political conference Saturday booed and interrupted the San Francisco Democrat when she commented on the surveillance programs carried out by the National Security Agency and revealed by a former contractor, Edward Snowden, The San Jose Mercury News reports (San Jose: Nancy Pelosi booed, interrupted by liberal online activists - San Jose Mercury News).

The boos came when Pelosi said that Snowden had violated the law and that the government needed to strike a balance between security and privacy.
As she was attempting to argue that Obama's approach to citizen surveillance was an improvement over the policies under President George W. Bush, an activist, identified by the Mercury News as Mac Perkel of Gilroy, stood up and tried loudly to question her, prompting security guards to escort him out of the convention hall.

Pelosi's defense of NSA surveillance draws boos

excellent, some dems are finally waking up to who pelosi really is

 

[Mad Scientist]

Americans fall for that "Strike a Balance" line all the time don't they?

When the Dems and Repubs get together and pass a sh*tty Bill they call it "Balanced and Bi-artisan". What a sick joke!

 

[Stephanie]

well damn, finally some from the Democrat party are WAKING UP..

we need a lot more of this..

 

[waltky]

House votes down curbing NSA phone surveillance...

James Clapper 'very concerned' by proposed limits on NSA phone surveillance
July 23rd, 2013 > A day before the House is expected to vote on restrictions to the National Security Agency's controversial phone surveillance program, the director of national intelligence told CNN Tuesday he would be "very concerned" if the measure were to pass.

James Clapper commented briefly as he left a classified hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which also is exploring changes to the program in the wake of leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Clapper and NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander spent hours on Capitol Hill Tuesday answering questions from lawmakers about the data collection effort.

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/...by-proposed-limits-on-nsa-phone-surveillance/

See also:

House rejects effort to curb NSA phone surveillance
Wed July 24, 2013 > Lawmakers were outraged by sweeping way in which phone surveillance applied; Proposal attached to defense funding measure was defeated 217-205; Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked records of the program in June

The U.S. House on Wednesday narrowly defeated a proposal to sharply restrict the National Security Agency's phone surveillance program that was exposed by Edward Snowden. The Obama administration and House Speaker John Boehner, unlikely allies in the sharp partisan climate in Washington, joined forces to reject the limit offered as an amendment to a defense spending bill, 217-205. A coalition of libertarian, liberal and conservative lawmakers pushed for curbs on the blanket collection of those records, arguing that it was too broad and intrusive.

Snowden, a former NSA contractor, revealed details of the bulk phone tracking effort and a companion e-mail collection initiative through leaks of classified information to media outlets last month. He has been charged with espionage. Since then, a number of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have been highly critical of the sweeping way in which the government applies telephone surveillance that is overseen by a secret court. They and privacy groups concluded the government had reached too far into the personal lives of Americans in the interests of national security.

Rep. James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican who sits on the Judiciary Committee, said during debate on the amendment that the NSA had exceeded its mandate. He said the measure would have halted surveillance of people not under direct investigation by authorities. "The time has come to stop it," he said. But Rep. Tom Cotton said approval would have effectively killed the program, which he said has been found constitutional and approved by bipartisan majorities. "Folks, we are at war," said Cotton, an Arkansas Republican and Iraq War veteran who urged his colleagues not to undermine the surveillance tool he said was critical for troops in the field in counterterrorism operations.

Unusual alliances

 

[JoeB131]

Just can't get worked up about the fact the Federal Government is doing what big companies have been doing for YEARS.

 

[dilloduck]

Just can't get worked up about the fact the Federal Government is doing what big companies have been doing for YEARS.

I don't have to pay for "big companies" to spy one me. Do you just enjoy wasting money ?

 

[JoeB131]

Just can't get worked up about the fact the Federal Government is doing what big companies have been doing for YEARS.

I don't have to pay for "big companies" to spy one me. Do you just enjoy wasting money ?

You don't think the cost of corporate metadata isn't added onto the cost of everything you buy?

 

[AceRothstein]

well damn, finally some from the Democrat party are WAKING UP..

we need a lot more of this..

LOL, there isn't a doubt in my mind that Republicans would be okay with this if one of their own were in office. I seem to remember you all repeating you have nothing to worry about if you aren't doing anything illegal a lot from you guys during the Bush years.

 

[asaratis]

Just can't get worked up about the fact the Federal Government is doing what big companies have been doing for YEARS.

I don't have to pay for "big companies" to spy one me. Do you just enjoy wasting money ?

You don't think the cost of corporate metadata isn't added onto the cost of everything you buy?

EVERY ITEM on the liability (cost) side of any for profit corporation is passed on the the consumer....including taxes!

Corporations do not pay taxes. Consumers pay their taxes for them. People that favor raising corporate taxes are simply asking for higher prices for corporate goods and services.