Clinton calls for more surveillance, police after Brussels attacks
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton says the United States must increase its surveillance to avert Brussels-style attacks on unprotected "soft" targets.
"We have to toughen our surveillance, our interception of communication," the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential contender said Tuesday in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
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She went from sounding like Bernie to sounding like Trump.
hereforthevoting
(241 posts)Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)come on, just a little won't hurt you....
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)markpkessinger
(8,392 posts)davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)Toughen our surveillance, interception and communication... okay, I'm not against that, but are we talking about legislative efforts to toughen these things, or are we talking about simply funding the organizations in place that already do this? Stepping up their efforts and funding and so on?
I don't see where she said anything bad here. We do need to step up our security efforts - to the extent that we can without invading the privacy and civil rights of people who have done nothing wrong. That's often the part that gets left out in these conversations about government surveillance. I'm all for letting intelligence agencies spy on terrorists and the like, but there needs to be greater oversight, there needs to be warrants - and common sense measures that protect law abiding citizens and their private and personal information.
We remain, in this Country, innocent until proven guilty. I hope that Clinton will acknowledge these things. These things need to be done carefully, with a great deal of control.
longship
(40,416 posts)So what's the mystery? She wants less privacy, as if that will help somehow.
Shows just how clueless she is.
6chars
(3,967 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)That will do.
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)like increasing the chances of having your 4th Amendment Right violated.
WooHoo security state!
SusanLarson
(284 posts)Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Ben Franklin...
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)That's where ALL the surveillance goes. If they were serious they would reallocate resources.
jomin41
(559 posts)I won't vote for her, period.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)The war on terror has become a rebranding of the failed and unpopular drug war. The Warriors need money? Ok. Everyone does. Have them fight terror.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Lamonte
(85 posts)We allow terrorists to wheel bombs into a crowded airport. Is this a weak link? We cannot start security outside the terminals so we must now allow no baggage. We have these problems because we did not learn about the Middle East, we and Israel are stuck and it is partially our own fault. When Bush went crazy under the orders of Cheney my first thought was don't go there. We will possibly live with terrorism for the rest of our lives. Changes in how we travel are imperative.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)WhoWoodaKnew
(847 posts)Not sure how that plays with the public though. Sometimes people just want to hear the right words regardless whether you do anything or not.
Democat
(11,617 posts)Not sure what that means for America, but Belgian authorities seem to have bungled this case. According to news reports, these two brothers were both supposed to be in jail. If someone is a convicted violent felon with terrorist ties, maybe more surveillance is a good idea?
jomin41
(559 posts)Somewhere, OBL is smiling.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Bernie Sanders tells reporters in Arizona that the attacks in Brussels, Belgium, show the need for "significantly improved surveillance" and the sharing of intelligence with countries around the world.