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"When you say those are the programs that they're "supposed to run", I ask, who gave them that mandate?" Congress, elected by the people. Most Americans are s

"When you say those are the programs that they're "supposed to run", I ask, who gave them that mandate?" Congress, elected by the people. Most Americans are supportive of the USA's actions as it relates to spying on Putin etc. As far as snooping on Americans, it depends on the type. If Snowden is a 'whistleblower' - he should be talking about things that are clearly out of bounds. When he talks about normal espionage activity - he's committing a pretty serious crime. The 'whistle blower' who blew the lid in the Abu Garib prison scandal was well protected by the US.

trendia 10y ago
The majority of Americans do NOT support broad NSA spying activities. [1] More than three-quarters of likely voters the poll interviewed opposed related aspects of current surveillance authorities and operations. Eighty-two percent are “concerned” about government collection and retention of their personal data. Eighty-three percent are concerned about government access to data stored by businesses without judicial orders, and 84% want the same judicial protections on their virtual data as exist for physical records on their property. The same percentage is concerned about government use of that data for non-counter-terrorism purposes. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/18/us-voters-broadly-opposed-nsa-surveillance https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/18/us-voters-br...
- jomamaxx 10y ago
  This is a misrepresentation of the facts. I clearly indicated that most Americans are fine with spying it's more classical forms, i.e. directed at Putin and terrorists, and of course are weary of domestic kinds of surveillance. Your tactic is similar to those trying to confuse 'immigration' and 'illegal immigration' - and those trying to conflate Snowden revelations related to 'domestic surveillance' to those that having nothing to do with domestic surveillance at all - which potentially constitute an actual crime. To wit, why don't you consider what they response would be to the question: "Do you support NSA spying on Putin and known terrorists" - and consider what the answer would be?
- dogma1138 10y ago
  The poster above you is correct the US public at large supports the mission of the NSA and other intelligence agencies as far as gathering information on foreign targets including allies goes. The US public opposes the collection of information on Americans quite strongly, but things get iffy once you include Americans who have committed or have stated the intent to commit acts of violence against the US or multi-nationals who hold an american citizenship.

trendia 10y ago

The majority of Americans do NOT support broad NSA spying activities. [1] More than three-quarters of likely voters the poll interviewed opposed related aspects of current surveillance authorities and operations. Eighty-two percent are “concerned” about government collection and retention of their personal data. Eighty-three percent are concerned about government access to data stored by businesses without judicial orders, and 84% want the same judicial protections on their virtual data as exist for physical records on their property. The same percentage is concerned about government use of that data for non-counter-terrorism purposes. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/18/us-voters-broadly-opposed-nsa-surveillance https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/18/us-voters-br...

jomamaxx 10y ago
This is a misrepresentation of the facts. I clearly indicated that most Americans are fine with spying it's more classical forms, i.e. directed at Putin and terrorists, and of course are weary of domestic kinds of surveillance. Your tactic is similar to those trying to confuse 'immigration' and 'illegal immigration' - and those trying to conflate Snowden revelations related to 'domestic surveillance' to those that having nothing to do with domestic surveillance at all - which potentially constitute an actual crime. To wit, why don't you consider what they response would be to the question: "Do you support NSA spying on Putin and known terrorists" - and consider what the answer would be?
dogma1138 10y ago
The poster above you is correct the US public at large supports the mission of the NSA and other intelligence agencies as far as gathering information on foreign targets including allies goes. The US public opposes the collection of information on Americans quite strongly, but things get iffy once you include Americans who have committed or have stated the intent to commit acts of violence against the US or multi-nationals who hold an american citizenship.