Friday, June 7, 2013

NY Times----Weekend News


Labor Department: May unemployment rate rises to 7.6 percent


 Kliphnote: There are many who don't care what Obama does, they will always love him. Oh'bama could crap on their heads and they would still vote for him. 
Fools all!

New York Times editorial board says administration has 'lost all credibility'

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    The New York Times building is shown in New York. (AP)
The New York Times editorial board, which twice endorsed President Obama and has championed many planks of his agenda, on Thursday turned on the president over the government's mass collection of phone data -- saying the administration has "lost all credibility." 

The grey lady's editorial section lately has shown frustration with the administration's civil liberties record. It has criticized the escalation of the lethal drone program, and it lashed out after the Justice Department acknowledged seizing reporters' phone records last month. 

The report that the National Security Agency has been collecting phone records from millions of Verizon subscribers appeared to be the last straw. 
An editorial published late Thursday said the administration was using the "same platitude" it uses in every case of overreach -- that "terrorists are a real menace and you should just trust us."


NY Times: Obama Administration Has Lost All Credibility

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For the second time in as many months, The New York Times on Thursday blasted the Obama administration for its surveillance practices — this time saying that the White House has “now lost all credibility” after reports that it has been collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers. [Full Story]

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