By SJ Otto
The press has been saying that Mike Pompeo will sail right through
congress to become the next CIA director. But…WAIT…not so fast. “Sen. Ron Wyden
of Oregon, a Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a vocal
privacy advocate, has formally objected to the Senate voting Friday on CIA
director nominee Rep.
Mike Pompeo's nomination after Donald Trump is sworn in as president,
a source familiar with the situation told
CNN Thursday.”
It seems that some in congress are concerned about Pompeo’s lack of
respect for the privacy of law abiding citizens. Pompeo believes in spying on
anyone at any time. According to CNN:
“Wyden also talked about his concerns Thursday when he told
reporters the Senate needed "a little bit of time to examine"
Pompeo's surveillance proposals.
"Mike Pompeo is proposing a brand new system of collecting an
enormous amount of data on Americans, law abiding Americans, including
life-style information, I think that's the kind of thing that you ought to take
a little bit of time to examine," Wyden said.”
And from an earlier article in the Idiot
Factor:
“As a veteran, I want our soldiers in the field to have the
intelligence they need to perform their missions effectively. As a
conservative, and member of the House Intelligence Committee, I take the balance
between privacy and protecting American lives very seriously. I believe these
anti-terror programs are crucial.”
But he doesn't take it seriously. He has gleefully supported the
spying on innocent American citizens by the NSA. In fact he has supported the
NSA when it has engaged in massive, illegal dragnet
surveillance of the domestic communications and communications records of
millions of ordinary Americans since at least 2001.
Pompoe even supports the use of drones for surveillance of
American citizens.”
There is good reason to hold up Pompeo’s nomination.
To see the CNN article on Wyden, click
here.
Pix by Press TV.
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