#1 Actually, I was thinking along similar lines: While the NSA snooping is a great concern to me, an associated danger is going from the belief that they can snoop on ANYONE (a near certainty), to an unwarranted belief that they can snoop on EVERYONE. Not gonna happen given current technology. So what exactly prevents the NSA from LYING about what it "heard"?
Establish a reputation by stopping (on their word of honor of course!) ohh about 20 terrorist plots all over the world (implying they are listining in on the entire world), THEN start lying about what they heard certain 'tea party' candidates/leaders said over the phone or in their e-mails. It'll just be their word against the NSA's.
Doesn't matter what the REAL state of things are: either way can prove useful to Obama and the Democrats given the current non-critical MSM. |