every evil, while we need to be mindful that the world is full of unintended consequences, should we accept the notion that the world is powerless in the face of a rwanda? if that s the world that people want to live in, they should say so and recon with the cold logic of mass graves. i believe we can embrace a different future. if we don t want to chose between interaction and war we must get better, all of us. the policies that prevent the breakdown of basic order, to respect the responsibilities of nations. meaningful sanctions for those who break the rules, democracy. through development of systems that brings hope to the marginalized.
it is of course useful to have an agency that keeps tracks communications of foreigners. should the question be nsa to spy on americans. they are not allowed. they said a few mistake were made. turns out this report leaked by the way, this is not delivered to us by the administration shows over 2700 times in a single year last year did they break the rules and spy on americans. presumably most were inadvertent but it doesn t matter. they cloaked this from the public and by the way over to congress. they re supposed to turn this stuff over to congress. they didn t. this is got to by the washington post which was leaked the documents. bill: i don t think is clear from the article what they did with the information or even what they were looking for in gathering this information. what was the incentive here? most federal agencies have some sort of internal, watchdog apparatus, ombudsman, equivalent in journalism to see if they re doing their jobs correctly but
are the rules. i mean, how dumb. how inflex cybil these are the people teaching kids? i mean, is that really the lesson that if someone violates the rules then you just crash them no matter what. that s dumb. tim cooke the ceo of apple and steve jobs has said the same thing he gave a speech recently. tim cook gave husband commencement speech and he said break the rules. don t pay attention to authority. break the rules. the people that break the rules are the ones that win and actually give back and do well for society. look what the company apple has done, right? breaking the rules. he then continued his speech. even though they cut his microphone he didn t stop he had to yell. he got the last laugh because is he going to annapolis. another valedictorian stopping and saying our father which art in heaven. lord s prayer. school s top brals saying we can t do anything to this kid because he has already graduated.
bill: it doesn t really matter though, juan, does it? it doesn t matter what they re in fear of or what the boss says. mary katharine, it doesn t matter. you have a choice. you can try to save the lady s life who is lying on the floor, all right? or you can do nothing because your idiot boss says it s against our policy. no, i agree. bill: this woman, this dispatcher goes is there anybody? no, not at this time. we re going to let her die because i really want to come to work tomorrow, you know. well, it s just too bad. on the floor there. i hate to say it but i think this is taking root in america. this kind of me, me, me, me, me. it s all about me. you die, you die. go ahead, mary katharine. i think there is some of that. there is a reason this happens and it s partly because of the will litigious nature of our society and you can be afraid of all of these lawsuits. part of what america has to do and what our society has to do is reward people who break the rules and save pe
bill: it doesn t really matter though, juan, does it? it doesn t matter what they re in fear of or what the boss says. mary katharine, it doesn t matter. you have a choice. you can try to save the lady s life who is lying on the floor, all right? or you can do nothing because your idiot boss says it s against our policy. no, i agree. bill: this woman, this dispatcher goes is there anybody? no, not at this time. we re going to let her die because i really want to come to work tomorrow, you know. well, it s just too bad. on the floor there. i hate to say it but i think this is taking root in america. this kind of me, me, me, me, me. it s all about me. you die, you die. go ahead, mary katharine. i think there is some of that. there is a reason this happens and it s partly because of the will litigious nature of our society and you can be afraid of all of these lawsuits. part of what america has to do and what our society has to do is reward people who break the rules and save pe