US Politicians Take Advantage of France Terror Attack to Call for More NSA Spying
Carey Wedler
Activist Post.com
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Following the abominable shooting of Parisian journalists at Charlie Hebdo, United States politicians and officials are predictably claiming that mass surveillance of citizens is the solution to terrorism.
Former CIA director Michael Hayden told MSBNC:
…metadata doesn’t look all that scary this morning, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the French services pick up cell phones associated with the attack and ask the Americans, ‘where have you seen these phones active globally?’
GOP lawmakers have also jumped on the NSA bandwagon since the shooting on Wednesday. Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said:
I think events like [the shooting in Paris] and people’s recognition that the only way to keep those from happening is through outstanding intelligence-gathering.
Senator Lindsay Graham also chimed in, dramatically claiming:
I fear our intelligence capabilities, those designed to prevent such an attack from taking place on our shores, are quickly eroding. I believe our national security infrastructure designed to prevent these types of attacks from occurring is under siege.
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