Didn’t He Get the Memo? FBI Chief Contradicts Obama, Says ‘Be Suspicious’ Of Government

By Kevin Boyd 1 day ago



In testimony given to the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, FBI Director James Comey says he understands why people are suspicious of government, and in fact, he agrees with them.
The Hill reports:
The head of the FBI says he understands why people worry about the scope of the government’s powers, and in fact, he agrees with them.
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“I believe people should be suspicious of government power. I am,” Director James Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning.
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“I think this country was founded by people who were worried about government power so they divided it among three branches,” he added.
While Comey did warn about excessive government power, he defended his agency’s use of so-called “national security letters”; which require banks, phone companies, Internet service providers, and other companies to hand over data about their customers.
Director Comey’s testimony appears to contradict a commencement speech President Obama gave last year at Ohio State University, in which he said:
Still, you’ll hear voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s the root of all our problems, even as they do their best to gum up the works; or that tyranny always lurks just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, creative, unique experiment in self-rule is just a sham with which we can’t be trusted.
Whose argument do you think you can trust more, President Obama’s or FBI Director Comey’s?


http://www.ijreview.com/2014/05/1407...us-government/