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The word "Obama" is mentioned only once within the 81 comments so far posted...

wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Why is this worth noting? The surveillance state is far bigger than any one person and has been operating clandestinely for decades.
- talmand 9y ago
  Maybe because the title and bulk of the article directly attributes the problems discussed to Obama and his administration? That the ability to abuse such things was made easier during his term? The problem may be bigger than any one person, but that doesn't mean we don't discuss their possible role in that problem.
  - hammock 9y ago
    Who's to say that NSA did not blackmail Obama into expanding its powers or relaxing oversight?
    - strictnein 9y ago
      Who's to say serpent people aren't running the UN?
    - talmand 9y ago
      Would not a discussion over Obama's possible involvement in the problem possibly bring such a thing to light? Is "he might have been blackmailed" a reason for everybody else to not discuss something?
- yostrovs 9y ago
  The "one person" is the President of the United States, the very person able to single handedly stop this and the one who takes responsibility for managing these things. If politics is to have any impact on governance, actions of all the political players have to be judged equally.
heisenbit 9y ago
The article is working hard associating all 702 related problems with Obama starting with the title "Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years" (different from the HN title). The Circa site seems to make it hard to peek behind the curtain so from wikipedia: > The revived Circa formally went live on July 18, 2016 with a redesigned app, and a website using a new URL, Circa.com. Circa is currently led by John Solomon, the former vice-president of content and business development for the Washington Times; Solomon was hired by Sinclair as Circa's chief creative officer in December 2015 and promoted to chief operating officer twelve months later. > Sinclair aims to "let the content drive [Circa]" and not let the site adhere to any set political or cultural viewpoint, describing Vice News and Breitbart as "partisan-driven" news sites the new Circa would not intentionally emulate. Though Sinclair has aired conservative political content on its stations, its intention with Circa is to present information with "no spin, just facts and transparency" and in "an irreverent tone" that will allow the site's target audience (young adults 18 to 35 years old) to form its own opinions.

Why is this worth noting? The surveillance state is far bigger than any one person and has been operating clandestinely for decades.

talmand 9y ago
Maybe because the title and bulk of the article directly attributes the problems discussed to Obama and his administration? That the ability to abuse such things was made easier during his term? The problem may be bigger than any one person, but that doesn't mean we don't discuss their possible role in that problem.
- hammock 9y ago
  Who's to say that NSA did not blackmail Obama into expanding its powers or relaxing oversight?
  - strictnein 9y ago
    Who's to say serpent people aren't running the UN?
  - talmand 9y ago
    Would not a discussion over Obama's possible involvement in the problem possibly bring such a thing to light? Is "he might have been blackmailed" a reason for everybody else to not discuss something?
yostrovs 9y ago
The "one person" is the President of the United States, the very person able to single handedly stop this and the one who takes responsibility for managing these things. If politics is to have any impact on governance, actions of all the political players have to be judged equally.

heisenbit 9y ago

The article is working hard associating all 702 related problems with Obama starting with the title "Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years" (different from the HN title). The Circa site seems to make it hard to peek behind the curtain so from wikipedia: > The revived Circa formally went live on July 18, 2016 with a redesigned app, and a website using a new URL, Circa.com. Circa is currently led by John Solomon, the former vice-president of content and business development for the Washington Times; Solomon was hired by Sinclair as Circa's chief creative officer in December 2015 and promoted to chief operating officer twelve months later. > Sinclair aims to "let the content drive [Circa]" and not let the site adhere to any set political or cultural viewpoint, describing Vice News and Breitbart as "partisan-driven" news sites the new Circa would not intentionally emulate. Though Sinclair has aired conservative political content on its stations, its intention with Circa is to present information with "no spin, just facts and transparency" and in "an irreverent tone" that will allow the site's target audience (young adults 18 to 35 years old) to form its own opinions.