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Oh, but Obama says he welcomes the latter, even congratulates us for wanting to have one, "[...] it's a sign of maturity because probably five years ago, six years ago we might not have been having this debate." (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/06/07/obama_on_n...). Who could possibly complain?



Heh, Richard "Wretchard" Fernandez points out in an essay (http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2013/06/07/all-we-are-sa...) that quotes Mead's essay that this total surveillance state puts a rather sinister cast on "Obamaphones".

"[...] he had no difficulty convincing his base ... that it could have free Obamaphones. He forgot to say there was one problem with those phones …."




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