State Department - possible cover-ups, halted investigations

LadyJazzer wrote:

deltamrey wrote: Seems our honorable Senator Udall, admitted he had full knowledge of the NSA ACTIVITIES.....BUT COULD NOT DIVULGE THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL INTRUSIONS BECAUSE OF "NATIONAL SECURITY"......what ??......what ??......LAST TIME I CHECKED HE SWORE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND NOT POLICE STATE "LAWS"......HITLER AND STALIN (AND PUTIN) HAD (HAVE) LOTS OF JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS THAT IMPLEMENT "LAWS"......We the citizens depend on our elected Congressmen to protect us......He failed.


.UDALL SHOULD RESIGN.

Oooo... "Hitler" and "Stalin" in the same sentence!... That's a DOUBLE-WORD SCORE!!!

They weren't "unconstitutional"... They were approved by CONGRESS--(after THIRTEEN (13) BRIEFINGS), and approved by FISA Courts and FEDERAL JUDGES... But rave on...

I hate to see a good teabagger rant go to waste....

Well to be fair, it seems to be pretty rare for those applications to not be approved -

But how “strict” is that oversight? [FISA]
The court rarely, if ever, denies the government’s requests, according to annual reports issued to senior members of Congress by the Department of Justice and collected by the Federation of American Scientists.

In 2012, the government made 1,789 applications to the court -- one was withdrawn by the government and 40 were modified by the court, but “the FISC did not deny any applications in whole or in part,” the report states. In 2011, there were 1,676 applications, of which two were withdrawn and 30 modified, but once again, “The FISC did not deny any applications in whole, or in part.” In 2010, there were 1,511 applications, of which five were withdrawn and 14 modified, but “The FISC did not deny any applications in whole, or in part.”

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/1 ... Tough-Job#

Talk about rubber stamping. Did they even bother reading them?

FredHayek wrote: Lookie here LJ supporting the Patriot Act.

That's a lie...But you knew that...

But I do so love it when certain 'Baggers can get all wound up and use both "Hitler" and "Stalin" (or "Socialist" and "Nazi") in the same sentence... :rofllol It's what I live for...

How about Lenin and Castro? They were lefties who liked to spy on their citizens too.

Deflect much?

(Hint: When you don't have anything to add, you should quit while you're behind...)

OK back on topic: has Hillary knowingly covered up scandals in the State Department? I think she has. It is shameful especially when her ambassadors and staff are having sex with underage foreign nationals and also hiring prostitutes. The Secret Service fired their scumbags. Hillary covers up for hers.

FredHayek wrote: OK back on topic: has Hillary knowingly covered up scandals in the State Department? I think she has. It is shameful especially when her ambassadors and staff are having sex with underage foreign nationals and also hiring prostitutes. The Secret Service fired their scumbags. Hillary covers up for hers.

How would she have know about it until she read about it in the newspapers?

Hillary is an enabler. First started covering up for Bill's numerous affairs and sexual harrasment of employees and now she continues it for her State Department underlings.