The Libertarian Contrarian

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Trevor Moore (Whitest Kids U’ Know) tells us what we can do about the NSA wiretapping our phones.

OPERATION: Everyone talk like a terrorist all the time!

…President Barack Obama gave a response that would have astounded the founding fathers: “What is absolutely true is that my first job, my most sacred duty, as president and commander in chief, is to keep the American people safe.” This is false. As the presidential “Oath or Affirmation” in the Constitution reads: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

If there are no terrorist attacks, then all policies in place must remain, but when terrorist plots are revealed or the rare attack occurs, then additional tools and secrecy are mandated. Like a ratchet wrench, it only works in one direction…

Sign the petition and pass it along!

It reads as follows:

Edward Snowden is a national hero and should be immediately issued a a full, free, and absolute pardon for any crimes he has committed or may have committed related to blowing the whistle on secret NSA surveillance programs.

As of Monday morning, the petition had more than 12,000 signatures and was quickly gaining steam. The required threshold for a formal response from the White House is 100,000 signatures.

(Source: The Huffington Post)

Back in 2007, Obama said he would not want to run an administration that was “Bush-Cheney lite.” He doesn’t have to worry. With prisoners denied due process at Gitmo starving themselves, with the C.I.A. not always aware who it’s killing with drones, with an overzealous approach to leaks, and with the government’s secret domestic spy business swelling, there’s nothing lite about it.