The Surveillance Speech: A Low Point in Barack Obama's Presidency
13 Aug 2013 • theatlantic.comThe surveillance debate is arguably the most important of our era.
Yet throughout the surveillance debate, the executive branch, including Obama, has lied, obfuscated, and misled the American people in a variety of ways. Before Edward Snowden's leaks, they could at least tell themselves that the disinformation was serving the purpose of keeping al-Qaeda operates from learning the general contours of our surveillance capabilities. But today, when that excuse has long since expired, Obama is still lying, obfuscating, and misleading the American people.
Shameful. I wish average Joe american cared about privacy more... most of my friends don't seem to care if they are being spied on since "they aren't doing anything wrong". It's like they don't even understand the principal of the matter or how very easily powers like this can be abused.