Washington (CNN) -- The director of the National Security Agency was expected on Tuesday to reveal two previously classified cases in which secret surveillance programs thwarted terrorist plots, a congressional source told CNN.
WASHINGTON – Disclosure of secret National Security Agency surveillance programs isn't the first time that the government has been caught spying on Americans or that classified government information has been leaked. The Vietnam War and civil rights protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s generated plenty of surveillance and secrecy. And leaks.
But with the rise in Internet usage, there's a far bigger audience now.
Opinion polls suggest Americans may be more forgiving of government intrusion these days.
That may partly reflect increasing acceptance of online social networking sites, which create electronic trails frequently used to target shoppers or voters. But it also may be partly because Washington says electronic snooping may prevent another 9/11-style terror attack, and many Americans may worry more about being safe than about government intrusions.
Today, as the world was fixated on the hunt for terrorist suspects in Boston, politicians on Capitol Hill were introducing another monstrous piece of legislation. The 844 page immigration “reform” bill was set for debate, but the Director of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, was unable to attend due to the manhunt in Boston. This should be considered an ominous sign about the legislation.
One of the joys of my early life was to study English Literature at Cambridge in England back in the early 1960s. Nobel prize author and poet Rudyard Kipling was an early favorite. He did not bog the reader down with dense symbolism and complexity. He was easy to understand. Born in India, Kipling was tagged as the “Poet of the British Empire. It just might be a good idea for Republicans and Democrats, who fall over themselves espousing America’s continuing role in the Middle East, to take a breather and read a little Kipling.
''we find them (the pictures insulting to muslims) offensive, and we certainly understand why muslims would find these images offensive. anti-muslim images are as unacceptable as anti-semitic images, anti-christian images, or any other religious belief.”
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