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Re the criminal investigations he launches on every scandal, the immediate effect is that no one in the executive branch nor any committeemen on the congressional privy councils has to answer any questions durinbg the 'active criminal investigation'.

Unless they want to, of course.

#1 buddy larsen on 2013-06-08 11:30 (Reply)

The NSA has been collecting data and routing phone and internet traffic through their computers for years and yes even before the Bush administration. Most every country is doing this as well to some extent. Most companies are doing it; Google, bing, Sears, Verizon etc. Do you really think no one at Verizon looks at your phone records? Sure it is wrong/illegal but it is inevitable. I assume some restrictionsa will come from this new awareness but in my opinion we would all be wise to believe all our emails and computer keystrokes and phone meta-data is beiong looked at somewhere by someone. If the NSA doesn't do it I'm sure China does and will continue to. Did you really think your internet was safe?

#2 GoneWithTheWind on 2013-06-08 11:47 (Reply)

Dear MF'ers: I know today is a lovely Saturday and that you have gardens to tend, boats to launch, etc., etc. But, when you have a quiet moment to search your mind and the internet would you please search for a professional consulting group that does branding, marketing, site building for professionals? We desperately need that kind of professional/technical help. I know Dr. Mercury can build a beautiful site, but we need more.

Thank you,

#3 apple pie on 2013-06-08 12:30 (Reply)

http://www.spireagency.com/

Dallas-based, as hip as left/right coast but happily flyover in corporate culture. Dallas creatives can be slick or hick, whichever client wants/needs, they're fluent in both idioms. Full disclosure, i have a connection, but arm's length and non-financial.

#3.1 buddy larsen on 2013-06-08 12:54 (Reply)

Internet companies, should we believe them? No! I didn't believe Google before all this. They've been going down on the Obama administration and the Progressive-Left for a long time now.

#4 Erasmus on 2013-06-08 14:02 (Reply)

Wehner, like McCarthy and Senator gets it.

The problem isn't the NSA, nor FISA but it is current administration.

Get rid of the boy and his team.

#5 Leag on 2013-06-08 14:12 (Reply)

Funny how all these scandals break AFTER last November's presidential election instead of BEFORE it. With today's revelations, you now have to wonder whether crucial voter information gathered by the NSA was being fed to the DNC to help it campaign in the battleground states that Obama needed to win re-election. Trust this WH? No way. Believe this WH? Not for a minute.

#6 Agent Cooper on 2013-06-08 14:54 (Reply)

Is Obama lying...

No, duh...his lips move.

Send the boy back to Kenya.

#7 Leag on 2013-06-08 15:09 (Reply)

Liar, liar, pants on fire:

[A]s a U.S. senator from Illinois in 2007, Barack Obama blasted President George W. Bush for sweeping surveillance of Americans in the name of battling terrorism — just the sort of justification that Obama officials were making Thursday.

Then, Obama called it "a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand."

"I will provide our intelligence and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to track and take out the terrorists without undermining our Constitution and our freedom," he said in a speech then. "No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are. And it is not what is necessary to defeat the terrorists."

#7.1 Agent Cooper on 2013-06-08 17:23 (Reply)

Ohhh-they look like a good prospect. Will get in touch--Thank you!

Am making elderberry jelly from last year's elderberries--would send you a jar if I could!

#8 apple pie on 2013-06-08 16:42 (Reply)

i'll keep my door ajar in case you send a jar!

#8.1 buddy larsen on 2013-06-08 20:41 (Reply)

AP, they do use free-lancers as needed --IOW, if you and Merc have a deal and you retain the agency for more than a website build, you could keep your deal w/ Merc, i'm sure. They could work with your team, IOW.

#8.2 buddy larsen on 2013-06-08 21:06 (Reply)

No, we don't have an agreement with anyone--we have just started shopping around and asking questions.

Thank you again,

#9 apple pie on 2013-06-09 00:02 (Reply)

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