The Republican talking point that says both Carter and Clinton signed Executive orders allowing spying on Americans is a LIE!

What Clinton actually signed:

Section 1. Pursuant to section 302(a)(1) [50 U.S.C. 1822(a)] of the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance] Act, the Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order, to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year, if the Attorney General makes the certifications required by that section.

That section requires the Attorney General to certify is the search will not involve “the premises, information, material, or property of a United States person.” That means U.S. citizens or anyone inside of the United States.

What Carter’s executive order actually says:

1-101. Pursuant to Section 102(a)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1802(a)), the Attorney General is authorized to approve electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information without a court order, but only if the Attorney General makes the certifications required by that Section.

What the Attorney General has to certify under that section is that the surveillance will not contain “the contents of any communication to which a United States person is a party.” So again, no U.S. persons are involved.

So class are there any questions? I didn't think so.

And to my Republican friends (which admittedly I don't really have many) I ask you this,

Is that all you got! No really, bring it on! Show me how a president that I respected betrayed my trust and threw the Consitiution out of the window. I double dog dare you!

(I had a Ralphie from "The Christmas Story" moment there. Sorry.)