“The president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor.” StatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesCommunicationAssuredNsaMonitoring Author:Jay Carney
“We need to find a way forward to make sure that we can stop terrorists while protecting the privacy, and liberty, of innocent Americans.” WayNeedsGivingDonePresidentLibertyProtectAbuseTerroristInnocentPrivacyNsaWay Forward Author:Barack Obama
“The president began this program by executive order. He should immediately end it by executive order. For over a year now, he has said the program is illegal, and yet he does nothing.” ShouldYearsDoeSaidEndsOrderPresidentProgramExecutivesIllegalNsaExecutive Orders Author:Rand Paul
“Why don't we see any questions from the press? Why don't we see anybody from the media saying, 'Mr. President, it's illegal, you started it, you are performing a program that is collecting all of the phone records from all Americans, it's been declared illegal from the second highest court in the land, why don't you stop?'” PresidentRecordsLandMediaHighestProgramCourtPressesPhonesPerformingIllegalCollectingNsa Author:Rand Paul
“Let's say tomorrow that there was a president, that we elected a president that eliminated the bulk collection of data. Let's just say it happened. What do you think would happen? People are like 'the sky would fall. We would be overrun with jihadists.' Maybe we could rely on the Constitution. Maybe we could get warrants. ... If you make the warrant specific, there's no limit to what you can get through a warrant.” PeopleIfsThinkingHappensWould BeFallPresidentHappenedSkyTomorrowLimitsConstitutionDataRelyCollectionsNsaWarrants Author:Rand Paul
“Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently called President Obama directly to complain about NSA and how it spies on ordinary Americans. That's right, the guy who runs Facebook got mad at the NSA for spying on people. Talk about the pot unfriending the kettle!” PeopleRunningGuyPoliticsPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeComedyPolicyOrdinaryEthicsConstitutionMarkMadHuman RightsSocial MediaTerrorismComplainingIdeologyPotPresident ObamaFree SpeechFoundersSpyDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceNsaKettlesZuckerberg Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The president should stop apologizing, stop being defensive. The reality is the NSA has saved thousands of lives not just in the United States but in France, Germany and throughout Europe.” ShouldStatesRealityPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEuropeSavedFranceGermanyApologizingNsa Author:Peter King