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Former Congressman says NSA hearings were a total sham<\/strong> Former Congressman Ron Paul accused the NSA of twisting the truth to fit pre arranged talking points Tuesday, saying that claims warrantless spying on American have foiled scores of terror plots are false.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t really believe that because I think they fudged the figures. Of those 50 plots that they stopped, I think 40 were minor plots overseas, for all we know.\u201d Paul said, referring to comments made by NSA Director Keith Alexander during a House Intelligence Committee hearing.<\/p>\n The president repeated the talking point<\/a> in a speech in Berlin, Germany today, claiming \u201cat least 50 threats have been averted\u201d thanks to information gleaned from the domestic surveillance programs.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have to try to justify their existence of destroying the freedom of and the privacy of the American citizens, otherwise they\u2019re out of work.\u201d Paul said on the Cavuto show Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u201cThey stretched the point. And even these hearings today were a bit of a sham\u2026because they had already decided what the results would be,\u201d the former Congressman added.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s sort of like the old story about you have to burn the village to save the village. They want to burn the Constitution to save the Constitution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd even today, [James] Cole, the Deputy Attorney General says, the Fourth Amendment doesn\u2019t apply to this. Where did he get this brilliance to know when it applies and when it doesn\u2019t?\u201d Paul urged.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we can go to war and do all these other things and throw the constitution out the window so casually, you better be sure if you give them an inch, they\u2019re going to take a mile and paint themselves as heroes,\u201d Paul added.<\/p>\n \u201cThe one thing they don\u2019t do is ever ask the motivation for people wanting to kill us. If we don\u2019t ask that question we can\u2019t stop these problems by just taking more liberties away from the American people. We\u2019re going in the opposite way.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve taken away the constitution, we\u2019re supposed to be fighting to save the constitution. It\u2019s completely turned on its head.\u201d the former Congressman asserted.<\/p>\n \u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013-<\/p>\n Steve Watson <\/strong>is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones\u2019 Infowars.com<\/a>, and Prisonplanet.com<\/a>. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nSteve Watson<\/strong>
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\nJune 19, 2013<\/p>\n