From the K-P-F-K studios in Southern California,

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Stand up, stand up.

You've been sitting great too long.

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. I'm Steve Scrovein here with David Feldman and of course Ralph Nader and we wanted to start up by doing a

little follow-up about what we were talking about

spying in the NSA and the CIA and particularly Diane Feinstein calling out the CIA for spying

on her Senate committee.

But she defended the spying on American citizens, but this week President Obama announced

that he was proposing legislation that would end the NSA's systematic collection of data about

America's calling habits. You know, does this sound like a meaningful

reform to you? On paper it does. In other words it says let the telephone companies keep all the data

and the NSA will be able to

ask for it presumably with the surveillance court approval the so-called FISA court the secret

court made up of judges appointed by Chief Justice Roberts a secret court is

as an oxymoron a clutch of words because courts by definition under

our Constitution are meant to be open.

On paper, it sounds like it's a little tightening on the NSA's global penetration and reach, especially

in this country, but it's almost impossible to enforce.

The technology is so quick and so press to the button that it would be

impossible to enforce but it makes Obama think that you know that he's doing something about it the only way really you can

deal with these problems is a total ban of prevention the minute you say well at

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