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Jeb Bush backs brother's NSA surveillance program 'to keep us safe'
Source: The Guardian
Jeb Bush backs brother's NSA surveillance program 'to keep us safe'
Tom McCarthy in New York
Wednesday 18 February 2015 20.01 GMT
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush delivered a full-throated defense of government surveillance programs on Wednesday, expressing a resounding faith in techniques pioneered by his brother, George W Bush, and staking out a position in sharp contrast with other prospective 2016 presidential candidates.
Dragnet metadata collection by the NSA and similar programs were necessary to keeping US citizens safe from foreign terror threats, Bush said – unprompted – during remarks laying out his foreign policy vision as a prospective 2016 presidential candidate.
“For the life of me, I don’t understand – the debate has gotten off track, where we’re not understanding and protecting,” Bush said in a major speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Bush made passing reference to civil liberties concerns attached to the programs, which critics have warned infringe on constitutional privacy protections.
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Tom McCarthy in New York
Wednesday 18 February 2015 20.01 GMT
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush delivered a full-throated defense of government surveillance programs on Wednesday, expressing a resounding faith in techniques pioneered by his brother, George W Bush, and staking out a position in sharp contrast with other prospective 2016 presidential candidates.
Dragnet metadata collection by the NSA and similar programs were necessary to keeping US citizens safe from foreign terror threats, Bush said – unprompted – during remarks laying out his foreign policy vision as a prospective 2016 presidential candidate.
“For the life of me, I don’t understand – the debate has gotten off track, where we’re not understanding and protecting,” Bush said in a major speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Bush made passing reference to civil liberties concerns attached to the programs, which critics have warned infringe on constitutional privacy protections.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/18/jeb-bush-nsa-surveillance-program-george-w
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