Napolitano: Trust Us! Government Not Gone Orwellian
We have the Constitution because our Founding Fathers realized that we cannot trust politicians or government, and we must defend ourselves from their abuses of power.
Napolitano bleats that we shouldn't be so worried. Right.
At Politicker, Jill Colvin writes:
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano weighed in on the NSA intelligence leaks on Friday, telling NY1 that fears over government surveillance were overblown."I think people have gotten the idea that there's an Orwellian state out there that somehow we're operating in. That's far from the case," she told Errol Louis during an appearance on Road to City Hall.
Despite civil liberties advocates' fears that monitoring efforts have gone too far, "there are lots of protections built into the system," Ms. Napolitano said, pointing to a privacy office embedded in her own department that is "constantly reviewing our policies and procedures." She further stressed the court review system.
"No one should believe that we are simply going willy-nilly and using any kind of data that we can gather," she said.
Oh, that's so comforting. We can all go back to farting in front of the TV now, or whatever it is people do when not worried in the slightest about all the constant break-downs in our civil liberties.
via @slone
Gee, so Fast and Furious never happened, the TSA is no annoyance to anyone, the borders are secure and our immigration laws enforced, the IRS did not harass any group for its political views, the NSA is not sharing information about me with anyone, and I should just sit down, shut up and pay my taxes like a good little serf. Sorry, Ms Napolitano. I haven't been lobotomized. Stop insulting me and beclowning yourself.
MarkD at June 15, 2013 6:20 AM
Napolitano started her career as a prosecutor (not a defense attorney), and as governor placed speed cameras on the freeways (making AZ the first state to do so), and looked into putting facial recognition cameras at the boarders.
In hindsight (though I was against her from the beginning), her appointment by Obama was a tell, wasn't it?
jerry at June 15, 2013 9:35 AM
Geithner or Napolitano? Which appointment was worse for the US?
jerry at June 15, 2013 9:36 AM
FYI
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2010/11/20/how-the-tsa-legally-circumvents-the-fourth-amendment/
In 1973 the 9th Circuit Court rules on U.S. vs Davis, 482 F.2d 893, 908, there are key pieces of wording that give the TSA its power to search essentially any way they choose to. The key wording in this ruling includes “noting that airport screenings are considered to be administrative searches because they are conducted as part of a general regulatory scheme, where the essential administrative purpose is to prevent the carrying of weapons or explosives aboard aircraft.”
Stinky the Clown at June 15, 2013 10:40 AM
Awesome! I love farting in front of the TV!
NicoleK at June 15, 2013 12:10 PM
She is telling us to depend on the ethics of people who don't see anything wrong with scavenging every single e-mail and search on Bing, Google, Yahoo, and virtually every other major ISP in the U.S.
Forgive me if I doubt that is a good idea.
Jim P. at June 15, 2013 7:17 PM
How to make money off a paranoid and angry populace who won't get off their ass but will shop online:
http://endoftheamericandream.com/
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at June 16, 2013 10:00 AM
Wait! So the people who are spying on us have a "privacy office" built in to "review the policies and procedures" by which they spy on us, and that's a "protection" built into the system! And to think I didn't quite get it!
The circle is closed. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Grey Ghost at June 17, 2013 7:32 AM
There's a big ad at the top of the page right now with a cop in body armor and the legend, "Why laser vision correction? Because you need to be at your best to keep people safe." Hah.
I think I like the "Shake up your vacation with Big Girls Bras" sidebar better.
Grey Ghost at June 17, 2013 7:35 AM
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