Jeb Bush: NSA's bulk collection of phone/internet metadata is the "best part" of Obama admin

Jeb "his own man" Bush ain't afraid to gush over his brother's... er.. Obama's neat spying program.

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"I would say the best part of the Obama administration would be his continuance of the protections of the homeland using, you know, the big metadata programs, the NSA being enhanced," Bush said on the Michael Medved radio show on Tuesday. "Even though he never defends it, even though he never openly admits it, there has been a continuation of a very important service, which is the first obligation I think of our national government is to keep us safe."

The program has come under heavy scrutiny after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked classified information about the NSA's domestic spying programs, including the agency's collection of phone call, email and internet data on tens of millions of Americans.

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Obama made some changes this year to how the NSA collects and holds the data, but the program remains largely intact nearly two years after Snowden exposed the program that many lawmakers said was ripe for reform.

The program was authorized under the authority of the post-9/11 Patriot Act, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush and was aimed at bolstering the U.S.'s homeland defenses against terrorism.

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Just warms your heart, doesn't he.


The specter of another member of this family trying to force his way into the White House after his brother wrecked three countries is beyond comprehension.


"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —President George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002