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they just need something extremely vague in place as law to support operations that would otherwise be illegal. Obama is actively abusing the Authorization of
by propogandist 11y ago
they just need something extremely vague in place as law to support operations that would otherwise be illegal.
Obama is actively abusing the Authorization of Military Force Against Terrorists who conducted Sept 11 attacks [0] to go out and police the world.
The media is told to frequently link ISIS back to AlQueda in all the fear mongering, so no one questions the president's authority to put "boots on the ground."
Sounds like you're way to trusting of the government and forgot about NSA Director lying to the American people about warrantless spying of citizens and govt. spying overall. [1]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Terrorists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Milit...
[1]https://theintercept.com/2015/12/17/a-secret-catalogue-of-government-gear-for-spying-on-your-cellphone/ https://theintercept.com/2015/12/17/a-secret-catalogue-of-go...
- tptacek 11y agoI don't know what message board you spend most of your time on where you have to expend energy to sneak the string "Obama" past the filters they've set up to keep posts like this off, but HN isn't that board.
- propogandist 11y agocompletely ignore O and 0 being right next to each other and attack the typo. well played.