So, there was a Congressman who decided to impeach the President over the warrantless wiretapping issue. Because, after all, a President abusing the powers of the Federal Government to spy on people unchecked is a bad thing. All objections to this are entirely based on principle, all support of it is likewise based on the idea that the Presidents ( Read more... )

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"Spying has existed since Adam and Eve". This statement definitely wins the prize for Most Unabashed Reaction Ever. The winner? Mexican prez Vicente Fox. The occasion? The recent revelations that the NSA had been eavesdropping on 35 foreign leaders for years.

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"The German government claims to have obtained information suggesting that the United States may have monitored the mobile phone of Angela Merkel. The chancellor called Barack Obama to demand an immediate clarification, it said."
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"When the CIA sees three guys doing jumping jacks it thinks its a terrorist training camp."
--Anonymous state department official quoted by the NY Times


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