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UPDATE: Reuters: Senior Obama administration official acknowledges collection of information on Verizon calls. NBC: White House today won't confirm facts but defends practice. NBC's Pete Williams reports he was told "definitely there will be a leak investigation."
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CincyDem
(6,378 posts)"I'm sorry that you were offended by my statements". How many times have we heard that from some neanderthal repub trying to quell the outrage over their most recent "women can use mind control to not get pregnant" type of statement. They're not apologizing for the statement, only that you were offended by it.
"We'll investigate the leaks" is our version of "Sorry we got caught". Not sorry we did it, not saying we'll stop but we're really pissed about who told you so we need to shut that down first.
How about we shut down the program first. Seems like that might be a better option.
randome
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CincyDem
(6,378 posts)"...Now that it has come to our attention, we are going to shut down this administrative program that was a holdover from the bush years. we're going to shut it down by noon today".
Instead, the first response is "who ratted on us?"
randome
(34,845 posts)But I'm curious why only Verizon? Maybe there was a reason. After all, a warrant was issued. Maybe it's proper, maybe it's not. I, too, want to know the details.
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[font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font]
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CincyDem
(6,378 posts)GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)That just happens to be what was leaked so far.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Remember when Bush was busy setting up that giant collection center with one of the phone companies? This is not new. Did people have a memory lapse or something?
bunnies
(15,859 posts)So many people outraged & Im like... huh? I, for one, assumed they were already doing this type of thing. I just dont get how anyone is surprised.