Al Gore's Pissed About the NSA Spying, And Other Tweets You Might Have Missed
The NSA has been collecting phone data on millions of Verizon users, The Guardian reported in a major scoop on Wednesday. It prompted a big response online. Here are some noteworthy reactions you might have missed:
Al Gore is angry.
In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous? ow.ly/lKS13
— Al Gore (@algore) June 6, 2013
The judge who approved the spying also, apparently, ruled Obama's health care law unconstitutional.
I mean, if there's one federal judge who isn't in Obama's pocket, wouldn't it be this guy on the left? twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/st…
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) June 6, 2013
There was surprisingly little response from lawmakers online, but here are two members who weighed in.
RT @reason: Secret docs reveal @barackobama's NSA is collecting phone records on millions of Americans every day reason.com/blog/2013/06/0…
— Justin Amash (@repjustinamash) June 6, 2013
An outrageous violation of Americans' privacy rights. NSA collects all Verizon records in the country - every day. gu.com/p/3gc62/tw
— Kyrsten Sinema (@RepSinema) June 6, 2013
Plenty of people ironically retweeted old messages from the official NSA account.
Cybersecurity is everyone’s business, but your personal info isn’t. Make a pledge to keep your info private. #NSAow.ly/eG0eB
— NSA (@NSACareers) October 28, 2012
