Washington’s Blog
December 20, 2013
Officials in the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government all say that the mass surveillance on Americans’ “metadata” is unnecessary:
- – 3 Senators with top secret clearance “have reviewed this surveillance extensively and have seen no evidence that the bulk collection of Americans’ phone records has provided any intelligence of valuethat could not have been gathered through less intrusive means”
- – Another Senator with top secret clearance agrees, and so does the congress member who wrote the Patriot Act, and more than 100 congress members from both parties
- – As does the official panel created by President Obama to review NSA spying, made up of top former White House officials and other government insiders, including the head of counter-terrorism under Clinton and Bush
- – As does former president Clinton (and apparently Carter, as well)
- – As do the chairs of the 9/11 Commission which was created by Congress and the White House
- – As does a federal judge (and see this)
Top terrorism and security experts also agree, saying that:
- – Mass spying by the NSA has never stopped a single terrorist attack
- – Mass surveillance doesn’t protect us from terrorism
- – Mass spying actually interferes with our ability to stop terrorism
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