Marco Rubio starts petition to KEEP the NSA

[William Tell]

 

[Brett85]

Man he's just unabashedly authoritarian on this. Either he doesn't realize where grassroots conservatives stand on this, or he just doesn't care.

 

[jeffro97]

He see's "conservatives" standing for the NSA and PATRIOT Act, and I've noticed some, but not many. What these "conservatives" fail to realize is the vast amounts of power this agency has, this law is beholding to all it grants power to, and just how unconstitutional they really are. But, of course, these "conservatives" don't really care about the 4th Amendment, or limited government, except when they make good catch phrases in campaigns.

 

[Henry Rogue]

Maybe the nsa has something on Rubio.

 

[Carlybee]

Part of the cabal

 

[HVACTech]

//

 

[erowe1]

Is anyone seriously talking about getting rid of the NSA?

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Is anyone seriously talking about getting rid of the NSA?

No. Rubio's trying of blur the lines of the debate.

 

[TheTexan]

What's the point of this tweet? Noone is even talking about ending the NSA to begin with.

 

[TheTexan]

And why no tweet for the TSA? The TSA is equally as essential, if not more so

 

[William Tell]

And why no tweet for the TSA? The TSA is equally as essential, if not more so

Have you signed yet?

 

[HVACTech]

Have you signed yet?

Bulk metadata includes phone numbers, the time and duration of calls — nothing else. No content of any phone calls is collected. The government is not listening to your phone calls or recording them unless you are a terrorist or talking to a terrorist outside the United States.

dear NSA observing this conversation. I am NOT a bad Giraffe.
and,
this is the ONLY place that I am known to associate with them.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Is anyone seriously talking about getting rid of the NSA?

Sadly, no.

 

[EBounding]

The good news for us is regular Fox News conservatives don't really care one way or another about the NSA. Foreign wars is a different story. I'm surprised Rubio is doing this....maybe he's just testing the response?

EDIT: ok maybe I shouldn't be surprised. He has this banner:

SAAAAAAAAAFFFFETY

 

[Carlybee]

The good news for us is regular Fox News conservatives don't really care one way or another about the NSA. Foreign wars is a different story. I'm surprised Rubio is doing this....maybe he's just testing the response?

I'm sure it's because of the news that Rand plans to filibuster. The majority of the GOP base thinks it's a good thing....Murica.

 

[William Tell]

dear NSA observing this conversation. I am NOT a bad Giraffe.
and,
this is the ONLY place that I am known to associate with them.

I can attest to this, HVACTech is one of the good kids.

 

[TheTexan]

I thought I was safe... until I saw that banner... now I'm not so sure... kinda scared actually that maybe I'm not safe

 

[William Tell]

Pathetic dude.

[h=3]We must provide those we charge with protecting us every tool they need to do so.[/h] Today our nation faces a greater threat of terrorist attack than any time since Sept. 11, 2001. Because of the dedicated work of U.S. intelligence, military and law enforcement personnel, Americans have been largely kept safe for almost 14 years. A major contributor to this success has been the development and use of counterterrorism tools such as those authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Patriot Act.


After the Sept. 11 attacks, the federal government mobilized to defend the country and prevent further loss of innocent life. This included the NSA’s collection of bulk telephone metadata.


Bulk metadata includes phone numbers, the time and duration of calls — nothing else. No content of any phone calls is collected. The government is not listening to your phone calls or recording them unless you are a terrorist or talking to a terrorist outside the United States.


Despite recent court rulings, this program has not been found unconstitutional, and the courts have not ordered a halt to the program.


In fact, this program has been found legal and constitutional by at least 15 federal judges serving on the FISA Court on 35 occasions.


There is not a single documented case of abuse of this program. Internet search providers, Internet-based email accounts, credit card companies and membership discount cards used at the grocery store all collect far more personal information on Americans than the bulk metadata program.


FBI Director James Comey warned last week that potentially, thousands of terrorist sympathizers in the United States are being self-radicalized online by foreign terrorists associated with the Islamic State who are urging them to conduct attacks against Americans in our cities and towns.


Given these threats, now is not the time to end this program, which remains essential to our security. Congress has until the end of May to act before the current authorities expire. We must renew these authorities and provide those we charge with protecting us every tool they need to do so.
View the article as it originally appeared here.
[h=2]These programs remain essential to our security. Add your name if you agree![/h]

 

[Occam's Banana]

What's the point of this tweet? Noone is even talking about ending the NSA to begin with.

We just need to petition harder. If we can get more signers than Rubio, we'll win!

 

[Occam's Banana]