How Many Americans Have Been Surveilled?

[jfm1200]

what is your peoples problem!! lmao

you paranoid freaks.

Just dont do something criminal or stupid, and you wont have problems!!

good lord!

do ya want something immense to happen over time? you have to think about the number of criminals that are out there. taking away intels ability to tap for criminals is a direct vulnerability, and can make us a step closer to disaster. exploited. criminalized. are you a fucking criminal yourself? worried about your stash? stop being so damn paranoid!!

[4951WEDDEL]

Who cares? If you are being called by a terrorists from overseas, your side of the conversation will be heard. That is true of domestic wiretaps as well.

[floydmcc66]

It is really simple here. The constitution is written to make 1(one) too many. This my friends shatters the constitution.

What's .5 percent (a very small number for 1 billion). 500,000 people? Is that conservative enough?

[OddLooking]

he doesn't lie, 300 millions americans

is a small fraction of "billions transaction a day" even if they toped twice a day...

[Akyrumunios]

300 million a small fraction? There are just shy of 3 million people who live in the city of chicago. That is 100 cities of the size and scope of chicago.

[metaphysical1ders]

yes, he does lie and furthermore licks *ss. he's just spinning the story to win ground. basic politics, but it smells like sh*t.

[dafttool]

Bullshit. The National Intelligence Director says that they only listen to one side of conversations. The Echelon supercomputers listen in to ALL conversations, foriegn and domestic, flagging those in which certain words are uttered.

[Akyrumunios]

Wouldn't they have to listen to both sides to really understand what's going on? Thank you for putting out the common sence sir. It's sad when people have to do so but I guess we have to do what we have to do.

[drdan1029]

The Bush administration, protecting you from foreign attacks by terrorizing you from 1600 Penn. Ave.

There's so many nuances to the word "tap"............

[dafttool]

Tell me about it, drdan. Just ask Senator Craig about the broad, nuanced definitions of "tap."

[mark4l]

"there's confusion"?

I think he is confused. Is this another way of saying: "I don't recall?"

[KIDiotequeA]

It definitely sounds like they have us all tapped..though perhaps not targeted. Silver lining right? Fucken ell.

[RiviRivn]

It all depends on what the meaning of "tapped" is! I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it. Thanks Veracifier!

[voiyour]

so, is 300 million a "small number" considering the "billions of transactions" that go on everyday?

[TheGiantRobot]

300 million = the approximate population of the U.S. Just what billions of transactions is he talking about? For there to be billions of overseas transactions, every U.S. man, woman and child would have to be making an average of at least 6 1/2 foreign calls a day. There must be some confusion over what a foreign transaction is.

[metaphysical1ders]

Exactly, good to see pp are awake on this type of bizarre spin.. dont give up your rights, Americans! You may have once stolen the country from the Sioux but at least they have the same rights as the rest of the population!

[mo1elftausend]

Good evading of the question. How many have been targeted ?