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Dick Cheney: NSA spying ‘nothing new’ and needs ‘to be preserved’
Source: Raw Story
Dick Cheney: NSA spying ‘nothing new’ and needs ‘to be preserved’
By Eric W. Dolan
Sunday, October 27, 2013 12:57 EDT
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended the vast surveillance powers of the U.S. National Security Agency.
In an interview with ABC News host George Stephanopoulos on “This Week,” Cheney refused to say whether the domestic and international snooping operations conducted by the NSA had gone “over the line.” But he did comment on whether the operations were valuable.
“I can say that the capability of the United States government, on a broad basis, to collect intelligence that’s important to the United States, saving lives, et cetera, it’s nothing new without talking about specific details, which I’m not, or specific targets,” he said.
Cheney added that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden had damaged the United States by leaking information about surveillance operations.
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By Eric W. Dolan
Sunday, October 27, 2013 12:57 EDT
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended the vast surveillance powers of the U.S. National Security Agency.
In an interview with ABC News host George Stephanopoulos on “This Week,” Cheney refused to say whether the domestic and international snooping operations conducted by the NSA had gone “over the line.” But he did comment on whether the operations were valuable.
“I can say that the capability of the United States government, on a broad basis, to collect intelligence that’s important to the United States, saving lives, et cetera, it’s nothing new without talking about specific details, which I’m not, or specific targets,” he said.
Cheney added that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden had damaged the United States by leaking information about surveillance operations.
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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/27/dick-cheney-nsa-spying-nothing-new-and-needs-to-be-preserved/
