Exposed: A Spammer Fooled MSM & America with Edited NDAA Video

[UrbScotty]

It turns out that the edited NDAA video of Carl Levin that was inaccurately cited in the mainstream media as proof that Obama wanted to detain US citizens was originally posted by a spammer. As we know, the President did not ask for language giving him the right to detain US citizens, he asked for the opposite. But that story wouldn’t get very many clicks for a spammer…..

Thanks to the hard work of several writers, we now know the truth behind the tin foil hat insanity trip of the edited Levin NDAA video that went viral. Congratulations, mainstream media – you got PWNED by a spammer.

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On December 10th an unknown spammer posted a selectively-edited video of Senator Carl Levin at YouTube and proceeded to tweet the link 45 times over 24 hours. The link is now dead (video deleted by user), but it has already been copied to accounts on various video sites. To find out what Senator Levin actually said, you can go watch the full C-SPAN clip at PoliticusUSA.

The video set off an online freakout of epic proportions. Recipients of this ‘reply message spam’ included a Bradley Manning account, Occupy accounts, and assorted hacktivist accounts. It was like squirting lighter fluid onto a smoldering flame, feeding paranoid memes of right and left. Indeed, “Joe Fangorico” was nonpartisan, including FOX News’ own Joe Napolitano and Ron Paulites on his or her list.

http://www.politicususa.com/en/edited-ndaa-video

[Confusious]

1. Soooo...

A. The language to detain US citizens is in the bill, not excluded as some here claimed.
B. Obama signed the bill knowing full well what was in it. His statement "My administration will not indefinitely detain US citizens." He can't do nothin' 'cause of congress, even VETO a bill? He signed the damn thing. He could have NOT signed it and let it pass into law OR VETOED the damn thing.

Your defense is bull.

We get a cupcake from Obama, then he dumps a bucket of shit on our heads.

[joshcryer]

2. The bill Obama signed at language that said "this does not alter US law."

The bill Levin was quoting did not in fact have that language and Obama threatened to veto it because it didn't have that language.

Ultimately the bill that Obama signed had that language in one section of the law but not another section, which is what caused the uproar. Obama's signing statement says he won't detain US citizens, however, that is not particularly comforting.

I wouldn't err on the side of spammers who misrepresented Levin's statements in order to get their video posted on hundreds of sites, conspiracy or otherwise.

The spammer may have made some decent money from that garbage.

[dougolat]

3. Either way, a veto would have made the critters vote again, this time with more scrutiny.

That would be a good thing, don't you think?
Thus: a sadly lost opportunity on top of a hideous betrayal of our Constitution.