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elleng

(135,803 posts)
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 12:06 AM Jul 2015

O’Malley: Warrants best for getting digital evidence.

Making sure federal and local law enforcement officers get search warrants before looking at a person’s electronic communication remains the best way to balance privacy and national security, Democratic hopeful Martin O’Malley said Friday.

The former Maryland governor leaned on his experience as a Baltimore prosecutor in answering a question on whether Congress should change laws as emails, photos and other personal data stored online are increasingly sought in criminal investigations. The legal principles should be the same whether the government is searching a home or digital account, O’Malley said.

“I think the remedy in many of these situations is to require law enforcement to get a warrant,” O’Malley said in response to the question submitted by Microsoft, one of the event’s sponsors. “As a prosecutor I think some of the best advice I ever gave to law enforcement was to say, ‘Just get a warrant.’ ”

O’Malley spoke at an event in Des Moines hosted by the Iowa Caucus Consortium, a network of groups including the Greater Des Moines Partnership and The Des Moines Register. He’s on a two-day swing through central Iowa.

In response to a question from the AARP, another sponsor, O’Malley said allowing more undocumented immigrants to live and work in the U.S. with the government’s permission could help restore the financial health of Social Security.

The former governor also advocated raising the cap on earnings subject to taxes so that high earners pay more into the system.

O’Malley offered a terse response to criticism he received Thursday from Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who denounced O’Malley’s apology for a comment made at Netroots Nation, a convention of progressive activists held in Phoenix on Saturday.

O’Malley’s speech at the event was interrupted by protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement, a grassroots group of activists who have criticized the treatment of African-American communities by police officers nationwide. O’Malley responded to the protesters, saying, “Black lives matter. White lives matter. All lives matter.” But he later apologized for the remark, which some said was dismissive of the activists’ message.

Bush told reporters the apology was unnecessary and that the incident was proof America’s become too politically correct.

“I don’t take sensitivity training from Mr. Bush,” O’Malley told reporters.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/07/24/omalley-warrants-best-getting-emails/30644741/

“I don’t take sensitivity training from Mr. Bush,” O’Malley told reporters.

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O’Malley: Warrants best for getting digital evidence. (Original Post) elleng Jul 2015 OP
“I don’t take sensitivity training from Mr. Bush,” O’Malley told reporters. Koinos Jul 2015 #1
Yes, Koinos, I love it, elleng Jul 2015 #3
I really did laugh with you, elleng. Koinos Jul 2015 #5
Yes he does; will be great, AS WILL Dem debates! elleng Jul 2015 #7
Yay!! "advocated raising the cap on earnings subject to [FICA] taxes" MH1 Jul 2015 #2
Absolutely, MH1, elleng Jul 2015 #4
It would be a fair and effective solution. Koinos Jul 2015 #6

Koinos

(2,798 posts)
1. “I don’t take sensitivity training from Mr. Bush,” O’Malley told reporters.
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 07:22 AM
Jul 2015

I just had to repeat that statement. I doubt that Bush even understands the power of that jab from the left.

Edited to repeat:

“I don’t take sensitivity training from Mr. Bush,” O’Malley told reporters.

“I don’t take sensitivity training from Mr. Bush,” O’Malley told reporters.

“I don’t take sensitivity training from Mr. Bush,” O’Malley told reporters.

Of course, I don't want to beat a dead horse or a part of a horse, but:

“I don’t take sensitivity training from Mr. Bush,” O’Malley told reporters.

elleng

(135,803 posts)
3. Yes, Koinos, I love it,
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 12:53 PM
Jul 2015

did so also late at night when I saw it and HOPED some here would see it an 'laugh' with me!!! HAPPY you appreciate as I do!

Koinos

(2,798 posts)
5. I really did laugh with you, elleng.
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 05:22 PM
Jul 2015

What he said was beyond hilarious.

O'Malley is one rare human being.

If he is the nominee, the republicans won't know what hit them.

He has all the right tools to disable them.

MH1

(18,124 posts)
2. Yay!! "advocated raising the cap on earnings subject to [FICA] taxes"
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 09:45 AM
Jul 2015

That is a critical component to improving the long-term health of the Social Security program.

It's flippin' obvious of course but lots of people don't want to mention it.

(Taken by itself) it would raise some folks' taxes (mine included) but it's the right thing to do. Ideally the effect on mid-income "high earners" could be offset by tweaks to the federal income tax, to avoid increasing the overall tax burden at the top end of the income subject to FICA. Because, these incomes are NOT the incomes of "the 1%". The incomes of the 1% is where the overall tax rate needs to be raised more significantly, but the top of FICA range is still where supporting a family of 4 or more does involve making choices and limitations, i.e. it isn't "filthy rich" and won't necessarily afford top-tier schooling for the kids or anything like that. Sure most people who can't even dream of passing even the current cap level don't want to hear that. But from a political strategy a candidate should keep that in mind. I like that O'Malley is capable of that level of nuanced thinking. All that said, I personally am happy with just raising the FICA cap, and am glad to hear O'Malley say it.

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