Experts Destroy Obama's Argument That Americans Must Sacrifice Privacy For Security

On June 7 President Barack Obama defended the two secret National Security Agency (NSA) spying programs that were exposed by whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden, saying: "You can’t have 100% security, and also then have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience.”
Obama insisted “the right balance” had been struck between security and privacy, and said that we are "going to have to make some choices as a society Americans" so that the country can effectively fight terrorism.

This is a false choice, and a dangerous one for a free nation, according to several experts who spoke with Bob Sullivan of NBC News.

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