[Infowarrior] - The Sunday talk shows this week....

[Richard Forno]

(x-posted)

… are going to come down to the following points: 

1) POTUS SIGINT ‘reforms’ are appropriate & more than enough, if needed at all.
2) Surveillance capabilities have prevented X numbers of attacks.
3) We are at war and/or need every ‘tool’ available to ‘protect the homeland.’ 
4) We respect privacy; these capabilities will never be abused.
5) Snowden bad.
7) There’s too much sensational outcry from activists and journalists over all this surveillance stuff.
8) Don’t worry, Congress performs appropriate and informed oversight of all IC programs.
9) We’re the good guys in the world, remember.
10) Just trust us.

The Rogers-Feinstein routine with David ’Softball’ Gregory on MTP I’m sure will be positively nauseating.  FWIW saying, Rogers is doing 3/5 of a full Ginsburg.

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Sunday talk show tip sheet
By: Tal Kopan
January 17, 2014 02:55 PM EST

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=55EF4800-BA61-499A-9FCD-98F7249DD515

“Meet the Press” on NBC

• Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman, Senate Intelligence Committee

• Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman, House Intelligence Committee

• New Jersey state Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D)

• Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R)

• Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates

• Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.)

• Former Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.)

“Face the Nation” on CBS

• Rogers

• Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.)

• Former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon

• Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell

“This Week” on ABC

• Russian President Vladimir Putin

• Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas), chairman, House Homeland Security Committee

“Fox News Sunday” on Fox

• Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

• Retired Gen. Michael Hayden, former director, NSA and CIA

“State of the Union” on CNN

• Rogers

• Sen. Angus King (R-Maine)

“Political Capital” on Bloomberg TV

• Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes

“Newsmakers” on C-SPAN

• Richard Cordray, director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

“Al Punto” on Univision

• Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)

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