[dingo_bat]

The thing is that it has been under attack for a long time now, and acting as if some new threat is active is disingenuous and partisan.

[SomeStupidPoint]

I don't think people are acting as if it's a new threat, but rather alarmed that it's reached the levels it has.

That is new, even if it has been ramping up a long time.

[to_bpr]

What stands out to me personally about this is that I'm 99% sure the administration could have silently achieved the same results through a FISA ordered warrant, but chose to go public in what I'm perceiving to be sending a message.

The Obama administration also sent messages but they seem to have been ignored willingly or not. Remember when the intelligence services entered the offices of the free press in the U.K. and forced the destruction of computer equipment?

The warning signs have been here for years. If the loud mouthed Trump is what triggers a movement to change things then so be it.

[willstrafach]

> Remember when the intelligence services entered the offices of the free press in the U.K. and forced the destruction of computer equipment?

This was not under any direction from President Obama, this was GCHQ as most of the Snowden leaks were their documents.