Right. And so the prez goes outa his way ta reassure us that even the teensy bit of Uncle snoopin' in on us is perfectly legal. So why is he makin' such a big deal out of it, if it ain't nothin'?
Obama: Phone, Internet data collection not 'Big Brother'
Published June 07, 2013
FoxNews.com
President Obama, speaking publicly for the first time about his administration's mass collection of phone and Internet data, said Friday that the programs have made a difference in tracking terrorists and are not tantamount to "Big Brother."
Obama addressed the mounting controversy about the programs during remarks in California, ahead of a highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. As the administration moves to declassify some of the details about those programs, Obama assured that his administration is trying to strike the right "balance."
"In the abstract, you can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details, then I think we've struck the right balance," Obama said.
Obama acknowledged that the U.S. government is collecting reams of phone records, including phone numbers and the duration of calls, but said this does not include listening to calls or gathering the names of callers.
"Nobody's listening to the content of people's phone calls," Obama said.
As for the collection of Internet data from some of the biggest U.S. tech firms, Obama stressed that it does not apply to U.S. citizens or people living in America.
The administration determined "the modest encroachments on privacy that are involved in getting phone numbers and duration without a name attached and not looking at content, that on net it was worth us doing," he said.
"You can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. We're going to have to make some choices as a society," Obama said.
Obama, though, welcomed a "debate" over that issue.
Several members of Congress are warning they plan to rein in the administration's data collection in light of the revelations.
"This is a dragnet. It's an overreach," Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., told Fox News.
On top of a Guardian newspaper report that revealed how authorities were collecting phone records from millions, a Washington Post report detailed another program that scours major Internet companies including Google and Facebook for data. A former senior NSA official confirmed to Fox News that the program was started in 2007 by the FBI and NSA and allows them to tap into top U.S. Internet companies to pull audio, video and other data.
Obama said Friday that the intelligence gathering is subject to strict oversight by Congress and a special court, and has been authorized repeatedly since 2006.
They have six people monitoring Uke's communications. Uke is a job creator.
Uke is a job creator.
See? Right there... Uke may be low tech, but IS busy helping move the economy at the same time! Yeah, smart-phone, sure...who needs 'em? Not good ol' Uke!
-- Edited by Uke on Friday 7th of June 2013 06:14:35 PM
Pipes FC said
9:50 PM, 06/07/13
Uke wrote:
Right. And so the prez goes outa his way ta reassure us that even the teensy bit of Uncle snoopin' in on us is perfectly legal. So why is he makin' such a big deal out of it, if it ain't nothin'?
Snippy said
10:08 PM, 06/07/13
Notice how Congreffs doesn't seem too surprised with any of this since they have known about it all along....
Pipes FC said
10:10 PM, 06/07/13
If anybody was half paying attention, they flat out told us they were going to do this 7 years ago.
Troll said
10:37 PM, 06/07/13
Pipes FC wrote:
If anybody was half paying attention, they flat out told us they were going to do this 7 years ago.
Just pick any of these headlines as this is a huge "revealing" of what we all know aready but still its shocking to see all of it exposed and true...how they monitor us.
-- Edited by The Krink on Saturday 8th of June 2013 12:00:27 AM
Freddie Krueger said
12:29 AM, 06/08/13
They have six people monitoring Uke's communications. Uke is a job creator.
Snippy said
12:34 AM, 06/08/13
They've tapped into the Jitterbug string?
Zeb Atlas said
4:59 AM, 06/09/13
Uke said
4:02 PM, 06/09/13
Oh Jeezuss! How'd this PHAG get in here? Rob? Wasn't this ASStlas a long time ago? The Staphph was s'posed ta block his ISP/access to our little websight effective back in 2011! What happened there?
-- Edited by The Krink on Monday 10th of June 2013 12:29:24 AM
Troll said
1:53 PM, 06/10/13
Troll said
1:54 PM, 06/10/13
Uke wrote:
Oh Jeezuss! How'd this PHAG get in here? Rob? Wasn't this ASStlas a long time ago? The Staphph was s'posed ta block his ISP/access to our little websight effective back in 2011! What happened there?
Right. And so the prez goes outa his way ta reassure us that even the teensy bit of Uncle snoopin' in on us is perfectly legal. So why is he makin' such a big deal out of it, if it ain't nothin'?
Obama: Phone, Internet data collection not 'Big Brother'
Published June 07, 2013
FoxNews.com
President Obama, speaking publicly for the first time about his administration's mass collection of phone and Internet data, said Friday that the programs have made a difference in tracking terrorists and are not tantamount to "Big Brother."
Obama addressed the mounting controversy about the programs during remarks in California, ahead of a highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. As the administration moves to declassify some of the details about those programs, Obama assured that his administration is trying to strike the right "balance."
"In the abstract, you can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details, then I think we've struck the right balance," Obama said.
Obama acknowledged that the U.S. government is collecting reams of phone records, including phone numbers and the duration of calls, but said this does not include listening to calls or gathering the names of callers.
"Nobody's listening to the content of people's phone calls," Obama said.
As for the collection of Internet data from some of the biggest U.S. tech firms, Obama stressed that it does not apply to U.S. citizens or people living in America.
The administration determined "the modest encroachments on privacy that are involved in getting phone numbers and duration without a name attached and not looking at content, that on net it was worth us doing," he said.
"You can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. We're going to have to make some choices as a society," Obama said.
Obama, though, welcomed a "debate" over that issue.
Several members of Congress are warning they plan to rein in the administration's data collection in light of the revelations.
"This is a dragnet. It's an overreach," Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., told Fox News.
On top of a Guardian newspaper report that revealed how authorities were collecting phone records from millions, a Washington Post report detailed another program that scours major Internet companies including Google and Facebook for data. A former senior NSA official confirmed to Fox News that the program was started in 2007 by the FBI and NSA and allows them to tap into top U.S. Internet companies to pull audio, video and other data.
Obama said Friday that the intelligence gathering is subject to strict oversight by Congress and a special court, and has been authorized repeatedly since 2006.
Uke is a job creator.
See? Right there... Uke may be low tech, but IS busy helping move the economy at the same time! Yeah, smart-phone, sure...who needs 'em? Not good ol' Uke!
-- Edited by Uke on Friday 7th of June 2013 06:14:35 PM
Uke
Just pick any of these headlines as this is a huge "revealing"
of what we all know aready but still its shocking to see
all of it exposed and true...how they monitor us.
Limbaugh: 'We are in the midst of a coup'...
NSA, FBI secretly mining data from Internet firms...
'THEY QUITE LITERALLY CAN WATCH YOUR IDEAS AS YOU TYPE'...
MICROSOFTYAHOOGOOGLEYOUTUBEFACEBOOKSKYPEAPPLE...
Top-secret PRISM program...
Vast Data Trove...
Billions of Phone Calls...
Justice Dept Fights Release of Court Opinion Finding Unconstitutional Surveillance...
USA spends $80 billion year on secret information gathering...
Postal service photographs front and back of EVERY piece of mail it processes...
-- Edited by The Krink on Saturday 8th of June 2013 12:00:27 AM
Oh Jeezuss! How'd this PHAG get in here? Rob? Wasn't this ASStlas
a long time ago? The Staphph was s'posed ta block his ISP/access to our little websight effective back in 2011! What happened there?
Dammit!
More headlines to make you less secure.
VIDEO: The 29-year-old source behind biggest intelligence leak in NSA history explains his motives...
'I do not expect to see home again'...
'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things'...
'I believed in Obama's promises'...
'Presidents openly lie to secure the office'...
'Government has granted itself power it is not entitled to'...
Suggests he's defecting -- to China?
-- Edited by The Krink on Monday 10th of June 2013 12:29:24 AM
Uke.....he is after all a Premium Member.