{"id":30589,"date":"2017-04-06T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30589"},"modified":"2017-04-06T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:40:35","slug":"the-nightmare-the-opponents-of-the-patriot-act-saw-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30589","title":{"rendered":"The Nightmare The Opponents Of The Patriot Act Saw Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

It would be nice to believe that we are a nation led by honorable men. In the past that has occasionally been true and I am sure that it will occasionally be true in the future. I am hoping it is true in the present. However, our Founding Fathers understood that we would not always be led by honorable men and set up the U.S. Constitution<\/a> accordingly. The power was supposed to rest with the people–not with the government. The government was supposed to be responsive to the wishes of the people and accountable to the people. The framework was beautiful. Had we paid closer attention to following it, we would be in a very different place. I am particularly concerned about recent violations of the Fourth Amendment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Fourth Amendment states:<\/p>\n

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Patriot Act<\/a> allowed for the collection of electronic data unprecedented in American history. The idea behind it was to prevent terrorist attacks. Some Congressmen warned that the act could be used to violate the rights of average Americans. Evidently they were right.<\/p>\n

Yesterday The Gateway Pundit<\/a> posted a story about electronic surveillance under the Obama Administration. Evidently that surveillance went far beyond what was necessary or legitimate.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Barack Obama<\/a>\u2018s CIA<\/a> Director John O. Brennan<\/a> targeted Trump supporters for enhanced surveillance, intelligence sources confirm to GotNews\u2019 Charles C. Johnson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The surveillance took place between Trump\u2019s election on November 8 and the inauguration in January, according to White House and House intelligence sources.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The focus was on General Mike Flynn<\/a>, billionaire Erik Prince<\/a>, and Fox News host Sean Hannity<\/a> \u2014 all of whom had close ties to Trump before and after the November election and had helped the future president with managing his new diplomatic responsibilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hannity was targeted because of his perceived ties to Julian Assange<\/a>, say our intelligence sources. Hannity was reportedly unmasked by Susan Rice<\/a> at Brennan\u2019s behest thanks to his close relationship with Trump and Julian Assange.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blackwater founder Erik Prince, a former CIA covert asset, has long criticized the CIA\u2019s bloat and incompetence, including the Brennan-run CIA drone program\u2019s failure to properly target terrorists rather than Afghan civilians. Prince has repeatedly called for restructuring the CIA and argued against Brennan\u2019s tenure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a violation of the Fourth Amendment rights of these citizens. At the very least, lawsuits are in order. More appropriately, people who authorized or participated in this need to lose their jobs and possible go to prison. In the Watergate Scandal, which is peanuts compared to this, people went to prison. That would also be appropriate here.<\/p>\n

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