James Comey, the chicken hiding in the woods
American Thinker / Blog
by Clyde Ward
3/22/2017
Excerpt:
Media analysis of the recent testimony by FBI director James Comey before Congress misses the forest for the trees.
Was Trump Tower wiretapped?
Well, who isn't?
That was the revelation of Ed Snowden in 2013, something NSA director James Clapper perjured himself to cover up.
Had Clapper simply refused to answer the question as to the existence of such a pervasive, intrusive, and probably unconstitutional covert surveillance apparatus, he would have given it away.
Covert is, well, "covert" if it's to be of any use at all.
But that brought up the nature of the surveillance, itself. How can anything of that nature be subjected to public oversight? Concerns of this nature were swept away in the bipartisan interest of national security.
But now, the chickens have come to roost.
When every American is under perpetual surveillance and classified information of an obviously very partisan political nature routinely leaks, we have to ask: is there any reason to trust anyone?
The legacy of Obama is "all politics, all the time," with no law at all. It doesn't matter anymore who is right or wrong. When our major institutions have compromised themselves, the only thing that matters is winning.
That's a dangerous situation for any government.
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View the complete article at:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...the_woods.html
American Thinker / Blog
by Clyde Ward
3/22/2017
Excerpt:
Media analysis of the recent testimony by FBI director James Comey before Congress misses the forest for the trees.
Was Trump Tower wiretapped?
Well, who isn't?
That was the revelation of Ed Snowden in 2013, something NSA director James Clapper perjured himself to cover up.
Had Clapper simply refused to answer the question as to the existence of such a pervasive, intrusive, and probably unconstitutional covert surveillance apparatus, he would have given it away.
Covert is, well, "covert" if it's to be of any use at all.
But that brought up the nature of the surveillance, itself. How can anything of that nature be subjected to public oversight? Concerns of this nature were swept away in the bipartisan interest of national security.
But now, the chickens have come to roost.
When every American is under perpetual surveillance and classified information of an obviously very partisan political nature routinely leaks, we have to ask: is there any reason to trust anyone?
The legacy of Obama is "all politics, all the time," with no law at all. It doesn't matter anymore who is right or wrong. When our major institutions have compromised themselves, the only thing that matters is winning.
That's a dangerous situation for any government.
.................................................. ..................
View the complete article at:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...the_woods.html
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