Ingraham: We Should've Focused More On Patriot Act, Not Laughed Off Civil Libertarians

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Laura Ingraham: Maybe We Should Have Focused More On Patriot Act, Not ‘Laughed Off’ Civil Libertarians

by Evan McMurry | 8:40 pm, June 6th, 2013



Addressing the NSA’s phone data grab on Bill O’Reilly’s show Thursday night, Laura Ingraham strayed into rethinking the haste with which the Patriot Act was passed in 2001.

“To be fair on the surveillance deal,” O’Reilly admitted, “it started under the Bush administration, apparently. It has continued and expanded under President Obama, with 121 million Americans being a part of Verizon deal. All our records are in the hands of the government. As we see in the IRS, anything can be leaked out to anybody. So maybe they didn’t listen to the calls, but they know who you called and how long you were on the phone with that person. That could be put out to any website any time they want.”

“It all started courtesy the Patriot Act,” Ingraham said. “A lot of civil libertarians at the time raised red flags, and they were laughed off. I didn’t focus that much, to tell you the truth, about the Patriot Act. I wish I had. I think that was a mistake.”

O’Reilly was quick to separate his support of the Patriot Act, which covers the NSA’s data grab revealed yesterday, from the Obama’s administration’s use of it. “I supported the Patriot Act, but I never thought that a warrant could cover every single American,” he said.

“We never think,” Igraham said. “The key thing is the FISA court is the Foreign Intelligence Act. Now it’s domestic.”

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[AlexAmore]

 

[Sola_Fide]

Stay skeptical friends. A terrorist attack and an (R) in office will get the media class back on their normal tyrannical narrative.

 

[Constitutional Paulicy]

 

[ObiRandKenobi]

Even when I agree with Bill I hate him.

 

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

Of course they don't think, they do what they're told, and that is to parrot the party line like good lil, boot-licking soldiers. Your Neo-Con masters are evil incarnate and you two can go rot in the pit with them. Cheerios.

 

[dillo]

and hence Ingram and Bill O now know what a slippery slope argument is

 

[Mani]

and hence Ingram and Bill O now know what a slippery slope argument is

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!! "...but we never thought they would use it on us?????" NO FUCKING shit sherlock! That's the whole ARGUMENT Every time!!!

 

[Occam's Banana]

O’Reilly was quick to separate his support of the Patriot Act, which covers the NSA’s data grab revealed yesterday, from the Obama’s administration’s use of it. “I supported the Patriot Act, but I never thought that a warrant could cover every single American,” he said.

Neat trick, that (sort of like separating "red" from "redness").

Bill should change his last name from O'Reilly to O'Btuse.

 

[Working Poor]

I can't believe that nobody on the media knew this crap was going in this is just bizarre as hell.

 

[BuddyRey]

Thank you, Captain Hindsight!

 

[freejack]

Even when I agree with Bill I hate him.

You're not agreeing with Bill. He's agreeing with us.

 

[Occam's Banana]

You're not agreeing with Bill. He's agreeing with us.

It still makes me feel "dirty."

And put a Republican administration that does exactly the same thing in the White House, and I'll betcha dollars to donuts Bill O. will suddenly find a whole buncha reasons why this sort of thing ain't so bad after all ...

 

[DGambler]

I refuse to watch any Bill O'Reilly clip. He is an evil bastard.

Where the fuck were they when that evil bill was passed? Did they not have the ability then to look and it THEN and understand what it would become?

 

[Lucille]

1:05: "We never think."

Truer words, Ingraham.

 

[jllundqu]

What a freaking lying @#!%#@...

She has pushed the neocon agenda 100%... she should be strung up with the rest of the traitors.

**NSA Disclaimer - I do not intend to harm Laura Ingraham or any other traitor to this once great nation***

 

[buck000]

I imagine if a (R) was in the White House, she'd be carrying his/her water for enhancing/expanding the Patriot Act, to protect us from turrurists.

 

[TonySutton]

Someone should use that "We never think" clip and make a Ingraham medley of her stupid ideas followed by "we never think" over and over

 

[VoluntaryAmerican]

Anybody who takes these two seriously after this is a moron.

 

[V3n]

Anybody who takes these two seriously after this is a moron.

Or maybe she's starting to listen to the right voices...