Senator blasts NSA for spending too much time 'collecting data on innocent Americans'

[Youbetternot]

Looks like the Senators are against the NSA. Leahy says "I am particularly concerned that the NSA has strayed and overreached beyond its core missions," and adding: "one important step toward rebuilding that trust would be for the NSA to spend less of its time collecting data on innocent Americans, and more on keeping our nation’s secrets safe and holding its own accountable." I totally agree in that statement. 

 

It also seems like everyone is blasting the NSA

 

 

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has been a vocal critic of the NSA's sweeping surveillance of phone and internet records since the first round of leaks about the secret programs occurred last summer. But today, Leahy unleashed his most blistering assessment of the NSA, saying in a statement, "I am particularly concerned that the NSA has strayed and overreached beyond its core missions," and adding: "one important step toward rebuilding that trust would be for the NSA to spend less of its time collecting data on innocent Americans, and more on keeping our nation’s secrets safe and holding its own accountable."

 

In order to try and help rebuild the lost trust, Leahy announced a new hearing for November 20th, asking both NSA director General Keith Alexander and his boss, director of National Intelligence James Clapper, to testify. Both Alexander and Clapper have appeared in numerous hearings since the summer but have consistently defended the NSA's surveillance programs, evading questions about the NSA's own admitted misconduct. Unfortunately, it's highly likely that this hearing will surface anything new, nor will it on its own affect change within the NSA. Plus, the Senate intelligence committee just passed a continuing NSA funding, and another "reform" bill it passed last week didn't offer any substantive restrictions on NSA surveillance.

source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/6/5074766/senator-leahy-nsa-may-have-strayed-and-overreached

[TheMissxu]

[Sarcasm]

There's no way this has anything to do with reelection...

[TopWargamer]

[Youbetternot]

Soon my boy soon, The NSA can be wipe off the face of the earth

[miyabwah]

It's about damn time.

[whatthe_fuzz]

There's no way this has anything to do with reelection...

^^^^^^

 

Elections....saying whatever the public wants to hear....

 

Politicians never lie...

[mememo]

I love the way innocent Americans is always used in these statements because its perfectly ok for America to spy on the rest of the world  :rolleyes:

[Tmh85]

Can anonymous do anything against the NSA because if so that would be pretty cool...

[helping]

There's no way this has anything to do with reelection...

The senate incumbent victory rate is hardly higher than it is in the House. If he hasn't pissed anyone off he can shove a thumb up his ass and not care either way.

[Ookami]

[3 days later]

CNN:

"Senator Patrick Leahy is missing. He left from his office and never got home. FBI and NSA are on the case."

 

Like all those polititian will scream and shout and nothing will change...

[ForsakenLive]

If one day NSA dies, I hope they sell all their thousands hard drives on ebay, they are gonna be cheap!

[SethAFitzgerald]

He's just trying to appeal to the Americans that are pissed off about the spying.

 

But anyways, the more people in Gov. that go against the NSA, the better it is for the public.