[Bobboau]

You say we should not witch hunt, but with your language you're clearly saying that you'd enjoy it and, by extension, want to do it. Is this true?

it would be lovely if there was some nice irrefutable proof that would absolutely prove the intentions of the administration. it would be nice if I could know, rather than just speculate.

[NGTM-1R]

and the directors of the NSA.

Grow up. You have no expectation of privacy on overseas communication to begin with; the country you're sending to is almost certainly able and willing to monitor it. A lot of them would share anything of interest. This is at least an open admission of what happens.

You want privacy, send a letter. But only to Europe.

(For that matter it amuses me you think NSA wants to waste people on the most horribly undermanned  task they've ever been assigned.)

[Nuclear1]

I wasn't talking about overseas communication.  I know that's not protected.  I used to work indirectly for the NSA in SIGINT.

I'm talking about the illegal wiretaps on domestic calls.

[Mongoose]

Obama's refusal to prosecute these assholes has officially cost him my vote in 2012.

Do you really think prosecuting would accomplish anything at this point other than making Obama lose in 2012 by a landslide?

[Mars]

Obama's refusal to prosecute these assholes has officially cost him my vote in 2012.

Okay then . . . GOP 2012!

EDIT:

My post is in jest, but if everyone thinks that way, we really will end up with a Republican president.

[Nuclear1]

Obama's refusal to prosecute these assholes has officially cost him my vote in 2012.

Okay then . . . GOP 2012!

EDIT:

My post is in jest, but if everyone thinks that way, we really will end up with a Republican president.

Unless there's a significant number of Democrats who are also pissed with Obama (and trust me, there are) and he gets primaried out and a different candidate comes forward.

Obama isn't the entire Democratic Party.

[NGTM-1R]

I'm talking about the illegal wiretaps on domestic calls.

Did we ever found out anything about how they've managed that, if they even did it? Authorization is not the same thing as execution. I know that, too, was actively resisted.

[Kosh]

I'm talking about the illegal wiretaps on domestic calls.

Did we ever found out anything about how they've managed that, if they even did it? Authorization is not the same thing as execution. I know that, too, was actively resisted.

The courts seem to think they did it