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Tag: Amash Amendment

We Haven't Forgotten A Darn Thing Mike

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Wed Jul 24, 2013 at 10:40:31 PM EST
Tags: Michigan, Mike Rogers, Domestic Spying, 4th Amendment, HR2397, Amash Amendment, 217-205 (all tags)

It is one thing if you have a government you can trust, and yet another when you have representative you cannot.

A dozen years ago Representative Mike Rogers, I would have agreed with you. However, even then I asked the question of the 'carnivore' program: "would I trust these tools in anyone else' hands but the good guys? (At the time I considered that to be GWB) So when you ask YOUR question:

"Have 12 years gone by and our memories faded so badly that we forgot what happened on Sept. 11?" Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the Intelligence committee, said in pleading with his colleagues to back the program during House debate.

I will tell you we have not forgotten.

But we also are not blind.

The Amash amendment was a good start to reign in this administration's abuse. We are no safer with this president's minions using such tools to its own ends, than we are by pretending the NSA trade off is worth it. Take a look at how we deal with REAL terrorism on our shores, and can you tell me if it matters what THEY find?

Right. 217-205. The whitewash runneth.

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