Nearly 44 years ago, the people working for the president of the United States were caught spying on his political opponents in order to gain a political advantage for that president. The event took place in the Watergate apartment building in Washington and the end result was the resignation of president Nixon for whose benefit the spying was done. There were a few operatives who broke into the Democrat National Committee office in the Watergate in an effort to get documents and other information that would help Nixon in the 1972 election. There was a firestorm in the media which grew into a near certainty of impeachment for Nixon and his resulting departure.
Today, the Wall Street Journal broke a story that is actually quite similar to Watergate. The report is that the NSA and other security agencies used electronic surveillance methods to spy, among others, on members of the House and Senate and American political groups who were opposed to the deal president Obama struck with Iran with regard to nuclear weapons. These same spy agencies also listened to the communications of Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, but that is a different matter. What is important here is that in order to promote Obama's political objectives (the Iran deal), agents of the government spied on Obama's political opponents. It's the same thing that happened in the Watergate.
Will we see outrage from the media that the NSA is undertaking intercepts of the communications of members of Congress? So far, the answer is a resounding NO! Will the Congress act to determine the perpetrators and punish them? Most likely we will see some more hearings but no action.
Actions that brought down the president 44 years ago are today considered normal behavior by Obama in dealing with his political opponents.
Today, the Wall Street Journal broke a story that is actually quite similar to Watergate. The report is that the NSA and other security agencies used electronic surveillance methods to spy, among others, on members of the House and Senate and American political groups who were opposed to the deal president Obama struck with Iran with regard to nuclear weapons. These same spy agencies also listened to the communications of Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, but that is a different matter. What is important here is that in order to promote Obama's political objectives (the Iran deal), agents of the government spied on Obama's political opponents. It's the same thing that happened in the Watergate.
Will we see outrage from the media that the NSA is undertaking intercepts of the communications of members of Congress? So far, the answer is a resounding NO! Will the Congress act to determine the perpetrators and punish them? Most likely we will see some more hearings but no action.
Actions that brought down the president 44 years ago are today considered normal behavior by Obama in dealing with his political opponents.
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