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In 63 days Trump will inherit mass surveillance from Obama

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Re: In 63 days Trump will inherit mass surveillance from Obama

#6
Cracks me up this is presented like "Obama, come on, we know you're a good guy. Pleassssse".

Give me a break... Barack loves extrajudicial powers.

This is the problem with large, powerful governments. Sooner or later, the other guys will have the power.

If you voted for Obama (ESPECIALLY twice) and you're worried about Trump having power over the NSA, I am laughing at you.

Re: In 63 days Trump will inherit mass surveillance from Obama

#9
Why would Obama pardon Snowden, it is obvious he is in agreement on the whole "he is a traitor" thing. Also, why is Trump inheriting thing a motivating factor for anyone?

"Oh God! Please give us back the situation where government overreach is back in the hands of career politicians!"

How about you instead focus on petitioning to the new President who might actually be swayed into doing something about it if conservative and liberals come together and push for it. He's a populist, make it the cool thing to do...

Re: In 63 days Trump will inherit mass surveillance from Obama

#10
"A new leader will be elected, they'll flip the switch, say that because of the crisis, because of the dangers that we face in the world - some new and unpredicted threat - we need more authority, we need more power. And there will be nothing the people can do at that point to oppose it. It will be turnkey tyranny." - Edward Snowden (June 2013)
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