John McCain: NSA Phone Surveillance Program Is Necessary
Posted on AllSides May 7th, 2015
From The Right
Sen. John McCain said Thursday he is worried about a court's ruling Thursday against the National Security Agency's phone records collection program, as he believes the United States needs to have the ability to monitor communications.
"It is clear that 9/11 could have been prevented if we had known about the communications," the Arizona Republican, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Fox News. "We have to have that capability."
Earlier in the day, a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled that...
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