Benjamin Franklin vs Barack Obama
With the media finally starting to report about the massive invasions of American privacy by the US Government, Obama made his first public statement since the news of the Verizon warrant broke. I was saddened by his comments. In perspective, when being oppressed by a King, Benjamin Franklin wrote: They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. When question why the US Government is spying and collecting data on US Citizens, Obama stated: It’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. How far we’ve come. ...