The Patriot Post® · NSA, Duplicity, Lies

Bill O'Reilly on his TV program showed part of a Congressional interrogation of Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) General Keith Alexander, who was asked if the government has the ABILITY to tap into phone calls, and e-mails. Alexander told Congress that Snowden’s claim that he could tap into any phone call or email is “false.”

Judge Napolitano attacked General Alexander’s response to a question posed by Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, GOP chairman of the Intelligence Committee who asked whether the NSA had the “ABILITY to listen to Americans’ phone calls or read their emails under these two programs,” but Alexander answered a different issue, “No, we do not have that AUTHORITY.”

The General’s answer was the equivalent of a resounding “NO.” Alexander said “The NSA does not have the authority to listen to phone calls of U.S. citizens or read their e-mails under the two surveillance programs.” We do not have that AUTHORITY, implying that NSA does have that ability.

Senator Susan Collins commented and then questioned Alexander, “I saw an interview in which Mr. Snowden claimed that due to his position at NSA he could tap into virtually any American’s phone call or e-mails… True or false?” The NSA Director answered, “False. I know of no way to do that.”

What a spin, code word for “LIE,” answering the question differently than previously and not being challenged? On the other hand, instances were cited wherein some fifty-terror plots were foiled because of the surveillance, proving the NSA can and does listen to specific conversations.

Congress is investigating whether or not US Attorney General Eric Holder committed perjury, or lied under oath, when he told a congressional committee that he had not heard of or been involved in the “potential prosecution” of reporters. Holder approved an FBI operation that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a probable co-conspirator in a case of leaked classified information.

Defenders claim Holder did not commit perjury because he never intended to prosecute Rosen. If this is true, it is still a lie as the search warrant was issued by the judge on false pretense by Holder for an action Holder approved with his signature, but misinformed the judge when the warrant stated that there is “probable cause” to believe that Rosen violated the Espionage Act.

The ability to lie to Congress must be a primary requisite for jobs in the Obama administration – the bigger and bolder the lie, the higher position that person qualifies for, and that applies in Spades to the president himself. Everyone in Obama’s administration from Attorney General Eric Holder on down lies when testifying before Congress.

No one goes to jail except Martha Stewart who sold her stock a day earlier than critical information was disclosed to the public and spent six months in prison garb. Evidently that is more egregious than lying about national security, massive warrantless spying on American citizens, and gunrunning Fast and Furious that indiscriminately handed more than 2,000 guns to Mexican drug cartels, resulting in the murder of US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

It has gotten to the point that if Obama and his Liberal base want something, the best resort is to be a loving caring tough-love American Constitutional citizen, and like Nancy Reagan once said about drugs, “JUST SAY NO.”

Good ole’ Reverend Al Sharpton can read racism into his morning breakfast. If I eat fried chicken and watermelon, I am racist. The fact that NO ONE wants to admit or speak to it, why are so many blacks, particularly young black men, always angry? Could it be they are angry because they are black and want to blame that reality on whites?

Obama must be thinking, “With friends like my buddy Bill Ayers, who needs enemies.” Ayers is like the proverbial broken clock that is right twice a day. Ayers accused Obama of having blood on his hands for his indiscriminate drone attacks in countries with whom we are not at war. Another old Obama crony Noam Chomsky criticized Obama drone killings that he says constitute state terror and cause severe anxiety in the villages, and in return contribute to al Qaida recruiting efforts.

Admissions have been made to Congressional leaders that drones are actively spying in the US itself though the purposes have not been disclosed. The point is that everybody with a cell phone is watching and recording as government watches and records everything. Is this identifying feature being used to build a database so that in time of emergency, government will know who to terminate just as Hitler terminated 6 million Jews and another 6 million Christians and dissidents?