Reading
Summary by Sylvia Kearney November 16th, 2013
Reference: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA ON SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS. (2013). International
Debates, 11(6), 16-18.
Statement: On August 9th, 2013,
President Obama gave a Press Conference that addressed surveillance programs
for the United States.
Summary: The President explains that with
ongoing and reforming technology every feature of our lives is changing.
Therefore, President Obama feels that we also need to change our security, to
keep all Americans safe with the following changes.
1. President
Obama will work with Congress to follow appropriate reforms to Section 215 of
the Patriot Act, which is the program that collects telephone conversations and
records. The president claims that it does not allow the government to listen
in to any ones conversation without a warrant.
2. President
Obama will also work with Congress to correct the public’s confidence in the
FISC or Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. He is considering making
additional changes to the FISC in order to review certain intelligence
activities.
3. President
Obama is asking us to become more transparent. So, President Obama has
requested for all of our programs, from the NSA to the Department of Justice
etc. to make public as much information as possible. The President claims that
several programs will have a public website where anyone can find out what the
program is doing and or working on at the time.
4. President
Obama is very concerned about our safety and the possibility of terrorist
attacks on the United States. He claims that these steps will ensure Americans
that they can trust in the Obama regime. He makes it clear that he is only
interested in protecting this country and our allies.
Comment: After reading Andrew
Napolitano’s outtake from his book, How Congress Has Assaulted Our Freedom in
the Patriot Act, I was reminded that I did a paper once and remembered that
after 9/11 the patriot act would change everything. Napolitano wrote,” The deepest cut came on October
15, 2001 when Congress enacted the Patriot Act. With minimal floor debate in
the Senate and no floor debate in the House (House members were given only 30
minutes to read the 315 page bill), Congress enacted this most unpatriotic
rejection of privacy and constitutional guarantees.” (Napolitano,
A., 2005)
Application: I am
not sure if I should believe the Obama regime when our President states that we
do not need to worry, that no one is listening in our conversations. I am not
afraid. I have nothing to hide in my conversations, since I, a middle class
female, working full-time, having only one worry. How can we ever get ahead,
just a little bit to maybe go on a vacation or re-model our home?
Additional
References: Napolitano, Andrew, former judge of the
Superior Court of New Jersey, “How Congress Has Assaulted Our Freedom in the
Patriot Act” Retrieved on November 15th, 2013 from: http://www.lewrockwell.com/2005/12/andrew-p-napolitano/how-congress-has-assaulted-our-freedoms-in-the-patriot-act/
Okay, So the reason I did not analyze President Obama's Press conference, is because I guess I am afraid after all, as to what could happen to me if I were to make negative remarks in my Summary. However, those of you who can read between the lines. . .
ReplyDeleteDon't be afraid to make negative comments. I can't believe what the liberal media lets this guy get away with. I would say Americans let him get away with that, but most of the people I know do not approve of him. Nothing is done because the media controls what people see.
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