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NYT Ed Board laments Senate vote on terrorism watch list
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:51 pm
by DispositionMatrix
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/opini ... orism.html
The evolving situation has forced Republican leaders and presidential candidates to contort themselves: talking tough on terrorism, yet ignoring the fact that the two were armed to the teeth with two .223-caliber assault rifles...
False.
While the nation suffered through the shock of another bloody massacre, on Thursday every Senate Republican except Mark Kirk of Illinois voted against legislation to prevent people on the F.B.I.’s consolidated terrorist watchlist from purchasing guns or explosives.
The measure has been introduced repeatedly since 2007. The Government Accountability Office has documented that over years of congressional blockage, hundreds of suspected terrorists on the watchlist bought guns.
Interesting that people on the left are now on board with the watch list. All concern for civil liberties associated therewith appears to have evaporated.
Re: NYT Ed Board laments Senate vote on terrorism watch list
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:15 pm
by senorgrand
the NYT cares about civil liberties?
Re: NYT Ed Board laments Senate vote on terrorism watch list
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:42 pm
by KnightsFan
senorgrand wrote:the NYT cares about civil liberties?
Just that one part of the first amendment.
Didn't the NYT's come out in support of stop-and-frisk, too?
Re: NYT Ed Board laments Senate vote on terrorism watch list
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:43 pm
by rascally
DispositionMatrix wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/opini ... orism.html
The evolving situation has forced Republican leaders and presidential candidates to contort themselves: talking tough on terrorism, yet ignoring the fact that the two were armed to the teeth with two .223-caliber assault rifles...
False.
While the nation suffered through the shock of another bloody massacre, on Thursday every Senate Republican except Mark Kirk of Illinois voted against legislation to prevent people on the F.B.I.’s consolidated terrorist watchlist from purchasing guns or explosives.
The measure has been introduced repeatedly since 2007. The Government Accountability Office has documented that over years of congressional blockage, hundreds of suspected terrorists on the watchlist bought guns.
Interesting that people on the left are now on board with the watch list. All concern for civil liberties associated therewith appears to have evaporated.
"True colors"..?
Re: NYT Ed Board laments Senate vote on terrorism watch list
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 9:01 pm
by hoosier8
DispositionMatrix wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/opini ... orism.html
The evolving situation has forced Republican leaders and presidential candidates to contort themselves: talking tough on terrorism, yet ignoring the fact that the two were armed to the teeth with two .223-caliber assault rifles...
False.
While the nation suffered through the shock of another bloody massacre, on Thursday every Senate Republican except Mark Kirk of Illinois voted against legislation to prevent people on the F.B.I.’s consolidated terrorist watchlist from purchasing guns or explosives.
The measure has been introduced repeatedly since 2007. The Government Accountability Office has documented that over years of congressional blockage, hundreds of suspected terrorists on the watchlist bought guns.
Interesting that people on the left are now on board with the watch list. All concern for civil liberties associated therewith appears to have evaporated.
Most reactions to this are engendered by the stories coming out of Republicans voting against banning terrorists from having guns without realizing there are many innocent people on the list like acquaintances and landlords of those being watched. It also includes the no fly list which is pretty easy to get on, my Boss was on it awhile for having a cork screw in his carry on.