{"id":19197,"date":"2013-06-13T12:50:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T16:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19197"},"modified":"2013-06-13T12:50:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T16:50:59","slug":"looking-for-your-keys-under-the-streetlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19197","title":{"rendered":"Looking For Your Keys Under The Streetlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an old joke about a man who was walking around under a streetlight as if he was searching for something. When asked what he was doing, he explained that he had lost his car keys on the other side of the street. When further questioned, he explained that he was looking for them under the streetlight because the light was better. That is the only way I can even begin to explain the logic behind the following story.<\/p>\n

Yesterday Investor’s Business Daily<\/a> posted a story about spying on American<\/a> citizens. The government’s justification for the increased spying on Americans is that it is needed because of the terrorism threat. That almost makes sense–but there seems to be a gap between the purpose of the spying and its actual execution.<\/p>\n

The article at Investor’s Business Daily reports:<\/p>\n

Since October 2011, mosques<\/a> have been off-limits to FBI agents<\/a>. No more surveillance or undercover string operations without high-level approval from a special oversight body at the Justice Department<\/a> dubbed the Sensitive Operations Review Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who makes up this body, and how do they decide requests? Nobody knows; the names of the chairman, members and staff are kept secret.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We do know the panel was set up under pressure from Islamist<\/a> groups who complained about FBI stings at mosques. Just months before the panel’s formation, the Council on American-Islamic Relations<\/a> teamed up with the ACLU<\/a> to sue the FBI for allegedly violating the civil rights of Muslims<\/a> in Los Angeles<\/a> by hiring an undercover agent to infiltrate and monitor mosques there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So it’s okay to violate the rights of average Americans, but not okay to violate the rights of Muslims? We really need to take a closer look at how this happened.<\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

One of the Muslim bombers made extremist outbursts during worship, yet because the mosque wasn’t monitored, red flags didn’t go off inside the FBI about his increasing radicalization before the attacks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is particularly disturbing in light of recent independent surveys of American mosques, which reveal some 80% of them preach violent jihad or distribute violent literature to worshippers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The more I learn about the surveillance programs currently in place, the more I am convinced that these programs have more to do with politics than national security.<\/p>\n

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