I dont agree with Obama on much, but I am glad that he is not curtailing this program too severely. I rather be safe than sorry.

Exactly, I too..

Hard line Democratic Senator from Vermont weighs in on the NSA subject:

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Sen. Leahy on NSA spying: We need to stop government from controlling American people [VIDEO]

10:30 AM 01/19/2014

Vince Coglianese

Managing Editor

Sen. Patrick Leahy says the American people are at risk of being controlled by their government due to the expansive surveillance powers of the National Security Agency.

Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” the Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee told host Chris Wallace that the nation’s lawmakers must act to return control of the government to the people.

“I think that we are going to maintain our ability to protect the United States,” Leahy began. “That’s extremely important.”

“The concern everybody has is allowing our government to have such a reach into your private life, my private life, and everybody else’s, that we are, we have the government controlling us instead of us controlling the government.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/19/sen-leahy-on-nsa-spying-we-need-to-stop-government-from-controlling-american-people-video/#ixzz2quI9dTM7

So it's good to know it's not just Republicans who are stupid.

In politics, Republicans have no monopoly on stupidity.

It is a mutually shared attribute of BOTH parties.