What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
F.B.I. personnel believed that by resetting the iCloud password, they could get access to information on the iPhone. Instead, it did the opposite.
F.B.I. Error Locked San Bernardino Attacker’s iPhone – The New York Times
Whoops!
Oh, and yay, Apple!
What a world we live in where large corporations protect us from the government and not the other way around.
The White House says an order to access data on a phone belonging to the San Bernardino gunman is limited in scope.
Apple order: White House says San Bernardino request is limited – BBC News
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T, you feckless little turds.
Welcome to the cryptowar battlefield.
Judge rules defendants can’t be forced to unlock smartphones | Fusion
hmmm
Snowden gets ‘highest honor’ from Cheney – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs
“Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American,” he added.
Amen.
BBC News – Apple discloses US data requests following Prism leaks
Obama, tell me again how violating the privacy of American citizens toppled the Boston Marathon bomber plot or the Fort Hood shooter?
Obama Surveillance Defies Campaign Civil Liberty Pledge – Bloomberg
I hope you die regretting the fact that you ever lived, like all of the other assholes who ever gave your lying ass the benefit of the doubt.
Barack Obama: U.S. presidential election, 2008/On renewal of the Patriot Act – SourceWatch
Because you’re an asshole, a hypocritical, heartless, evil asshole….
Barack Obama on Homeland Security
Hey Mr. President: I hope you die regretting ever being alive.
Homeland security must protect citizens, not intrude on them Every democracy is tested when it is faced with a serious threat. As a nation we have to find the right balance between privacy and security, between executive authority to face threats and uncontrolled power. What protects us are the procedures we put in place to protect that balance, namely judicial warrants and congressional review. These are concrete safeguards to make sure surveillance hasn’t gone too far.
Source: In His Own Words, edited by Lisa Rogak, p. 99 Mar 27, 2007
America must practice the patriotism it preaches. I think it is unconscionable for us to stand by our troops and hoist the flag and suggest how patriotic we are at the same time as the veterans’ budget is being effectively cut.
I’m going to monitor very closely how we are treating 100,000+ veterans who are coming home, to make sure the VA has the capacity to provide transition services for veterans who are leaving the service and reentering civilian life–particularly the National Guardsman and Reservists who did not expect to be fighting in Iraq.
Source: In His Own Words, edited by Lisa Rogak, p.155 Mar 27, 2007
Personal privacy must be protected even in terrorism age. Americans fought a revolution in part over the right to be free from unreasonable searches, to ensure that our government couldn’t come knocking in the middle of the night for no reason. We need to find a way forward to make sure that we [stop] terrorists while protecting the privacy and liberty of innocent Americans.
Source: In His Own Words, edited by Lisa Rogak, p.132 Mar 27, 2007
Balance domestic intelligence reform with civil liberty risk [The US should] strengthen and improve intelligence capabilities. We must reform our domestic intelligence capabilities in a manner that balances the risks of impeding on the civil liberties of our citizens and increase international cooperation on all fronts. We should also give the Director of Intelligence the authority he or she needs over budget and personnel to be effective and accountable.
Source: Press Release, “Renewal of American Leadership ” Jul 12, 2004
Obama does not feel Americans’ privacy violated: chief of staff | Reuters
So the douchebag in the oval office doesn’t think anyone else in the fucking country has a right to privacy?
What a fine example of an American you are. The civil right activists who fought and died to ensure equality for people of all races must be so fucking proud of your authoritarian ass. Not!
“President Barack Obama does not feel that he has violated the privacy of any American, his chief of staff, Denis McDonough, confirmed Sunday.”
Well, isn’t that special. Mr. What-the-fuck-is-civil-rights doesn’t feel that snooping into the private communications of every single law-abiding, tax-paying American isn’t a violation of privacy.
Yeah, I always knew I fucking hated you, Barack, I just didn’t expect you to give me so many reasons why.
I hope the rest of your life is as miserable as your stewardship of this country. You disgust me.
Cheney defends NSA, calls Obama’s credibility ‘nonexistent’ – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs
Well, his credibility certainly is nonexistent when he’s in the same corner as your satanic ass, Dick.
The Other Side of the Story – NYTimes.com
“The deck is always stacked when we debate keeping the nation safe. “
Damn straight.
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