<story><title>NSA revelations only &apos;the tip of the iceberg,&apos; says Dem lawmaker</title><url>http://thehill.com/video/house/305047-dem-rep-lawmakers-learned-significantly-more-about-surveillance-programs-in-nsa-briefing</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ck2</author><text>&amp;quot;&lt;i&gt;if somebody else is going to step up&lt;/i&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x27;re a freaking congressperson sworn to represent the people of the united states.&lt;p&gt;If something bad is being done, it&amp;#x27;s YOUR responsibility to &amp;quot;step up&amp;quot; not someone else&amp;#x27;s.&lt;p&gt;BTW what the hell is with the NSA calling it the &amp;quot;Black Star&amp;quot; - is that some sick joke about the death star destroying worlds? So the rebels took out the death star with the exhaust port - does that mean the Black Star can be taken offline by the A&amp;#x2F;C units?</text></comment>
<story><title>NSA revelations only &apos;the tip of the iceberg,&apos; says Dem lawmaker</title><url>http://thehill.com/video/house/305047-dem-rep-lawmakers-learned-significantly-more-about-surveillance-programs-in-nsa-briefing</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>joeguilmette</author><text>It sounds like this congressman is begging for another leak.&lt;p&gt;I smell blood. And a republican president in 2016. It looks like this is going to be Obama&amp;#x27;s big theme for his second term. Like LBJ, he inherited a shitty situation and made it much worse, and thus lost out for credit on all of his domestic work.&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#x27;ll see, but I don&amp;#x27;t see any easy out for Obama. Ironically the only thing saving him is that the conservatives really love these policies, and the liberals, who should be at his throat for this, really can&amp;#x27;t because he&amp;#x27;s part of their club. Lucky duck.</text></comment>