[Peace-discuss] Pres. Obama: Tap Sen. Ron Wyden to Head the NSA

[C. G. Estabrook]

Put a liberal face on the same policies. It's the Obama Way.


On Oct 19, 2013, at 3:36 PM, "Robert Naiman" <noreply at list.moveon.org> wrote:

> Dear C. G. Estabrook,
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> Gen. Keith Alexander is stepping down as head of the National Security Agency. Fresh, civilian leadership is needed at the NSA to ensure that the NSA's surveillance activities fully comply with the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and all U.S. laws. 
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> Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has been a consistent and vocal critic of blanket NSA surveillance of Americans that violates the basic civil liberties guarantees of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Senator Wyden is an ideal candidate to restore public confidence in NSA compliance with the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and all U.S. laws.
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> Help us sway President Obama by signing and sharing our petition:
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> http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/pres-obama-tap-sen-ron?mailing_id=16259&source=s.icn.em.cr&%3Br_by=1135580&r_by=2656067
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> Here's our rap to meet two predictable objections to our campaign:
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> "It's not realistic." No-one's offering even odds that Ron Wyden will be the next head of the NSA. The point is to open political space by waging preemptive psychological warfare against the idea that someone is disqualified from heading the NSA if they are a civilian who believes that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are good law that apply to the national security state. Just as our campaign for Jeff Sachs to be President of the World Bank opened political space for the idea that the President of the World Bank can be a development expert rather than a banker or a politician, so this campaign will open political space for the idea that the head of the NSA can be a civilian who believes in the rule of law.  
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> "We need more than a new person at the top to reform the NSA." This is beyond dispute. (Also true, obviously, about the World Bank.) It should also be beyond dispute that it's easier for people to grab onto an individual who represents an idea than it is for them to grab onto a technical reform. If you advocate that Elizabeth Warren head the Fed or the SEC, everyone knows what you're talking about: cracking down on corruption in high finance. This is about bringing the national security state into transparent compliance with the rule of law.
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> Now that you understand our strategy, can you help us advance it by signing and sharing our petition?
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> http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/pres-obama-tap-sen-ron?mailing_id=16259&source=s.icn.em.cr&%3Br_by=1135580&r_by=2656067
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> Thanks for all you do to help force the national security state to transparently comply with the rule of law,
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> Robert Naiman
> Just Foreign Policy
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