GOP USA 09/09/2013

Obama White House Had Spying Limits Secretly Undone by Court The Obama administration quietly got a court to undo U.S. surveillance limits on the use of intercepted phone calls and emails, The Washington Post reported. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court also extended the length of time the NSA may legally hold onto intercepted U.S. communications, increasing it to six years from five, a recently released 2011 opinion by court Chief Judge John D. Bates said. Where Congress stands on Syria The comprehensive tally of Congress finds that only a small fraction of the 533 lawmakers -- 22 senators and 22 House members -- are willing to say they will support the use of force in response to the reported use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime. Far more overall -- 19 senators and 130 House members -- say they will oppose a resolution that would authorize military strikes.

News, Commentary, Discussions Can their opinions be swayed with a spaghetti dinner? Maine Sen. Susan Collins was among six Republicans who dined with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden Sunday night as the White House stepped up its efforts to win congressional support for military strikes against Syria. O'Reilly Buys Obama Propaganda on Syria Bill O'Reilly objects to "bloviating," which I think means giving opinions not based on fact. So what should we make of his claim that "I believe there is overwhelming evidence that the Syrian tyrant Assad did gas civilians, including children." POTUS On the issue of Barack Obama's management of the so-called Syrian crisis, the American public seems split into two camps. Half the country believes he's lying. The other half believes he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. The Vanishing Anti-War Left Barack Obama ran for president as the last of the red-hot pacifists, so it might have sounded preposterous to predict that after a few security briefings at the White House, President Obama would follow in the same policy footsteps of horrid warmonger George Bush. Graham's challengers oppose Syrian intervention The Republicans who want U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's job oppose military intervention in Syria. In fact, only one Graham opponent said he would support an American call to arms in the Mideast and, then, only if Israel faced an imminent threat. Obama's Red Line Undermines U.S. Power Blunder after blunder. That's been the story of President Barack Obama's policy toward Syria. In April 2011, Obama said dictator Bashir al-Assad "had to go." But he did little or nothing to speed him on his way.