In 2007, then-Senator Obama criticized the Bush administration for monitoring Americans who had done nothing wrong:
“This administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide. 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. That means no more illegal wiretapping of American citizens. 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. The FISA court works. The separation of powers works. Our Constitution works. We will again set an example for the world that the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers, and that justice is not arbitrary.”
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Seems when the republicans did it, it was wrong...undermining our Constitution and freedom...illegal and SPYING on citizens who aren't suspected of committing a crime!
Hmmmmm...but under Dictator Obama....it's serving the nation's security interests!
Whatever happened to: "We will again set an example for the world that the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers, and that justice is not arbitrary.”...Dictator Obama, eh?
Sources:
NY Times Opinion Page
