Wyden Gets NSA's Top Lawyer to Confirm Secret Interpretations of Patriot Act

[Coyotl]

Uploaded on Jul 26, 2011

On Tuesday, July 26, 2011, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) pressed for answers regarding secret interpretations of surveillance law during an open Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing with Matthew Olsen, the National Security Administration's top lawyer.

[Turbineguy]

1. Given that the Patriot Act

was written by republicans, like the Bible, it is open a wide range of interpretations with lots of unintended consequences.

[Th1onein]

2. Dancing around the questions.......This should give every American pause.

[Coyotl]

3. "Can't say in public" has obvious inferences in this setting = answer enough for me! n/t

[Th1onein]

4. You ever notice how they try to run out the clock?

When they're in trouble, they always do this.

[cantbeserious]

5. That Something Untenable Is Going On Behind The Scenes Is Clear In Watching The Lawyer Squirm

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[JDPriestly]

7. The answer was yes, they do have that ability, but they haven't confessed their

sins to Obama yet so they want to fix things up with the White House to let Obama grease the path before they insert the electronic missile that is going to cause Americans a lot of pain.

If the answer had been no, the lawyer would have said no. Instead he said the equivalent of I don't remember, or I don't know. That's not a good sign since he is the expert on this.

And that is why I say he said yes.

[blackspade]

6. Olsen is so full of it.

The evasion and double speak is disgusting