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The latest revelations are just the tip of the iceberg:
"Americans may be upset about the latest revelations in the governments ability to spy on citizens via their online lives, but no one should be surprised. We've underestimated and overlooked many key aspects of the governments ability to track our lives for years."
"The bottom line, which resonates most strongly among civil liberties advocates on the left and conservative libertarians on the right, is not just the loss of privacy but also the growing power of the state to target and oppress people who it judges to be critics and enemies. That list doesnt just include foreign terrorists of the al-Qaeda mold, or even the Chinese government that has stolen the most advanced U.S. weapon plans; it also includes domestic whistleblowers, protesters and journalistsall of whom have been targeted by the Obama administration Justice Department. "
"Lets go through 10 points about these latest revelations of domestic spying to better understand what Americans have underestimated and overlooked about electronic eavesdropping. "
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/surveillance-nsa
Octafish
(55,745 posts)When "officials" can monitor everything that is communicated, they have a power to know who knows what, whom, and why.
Thank you for posting an oustanding article, damnedifIknow.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
niyad
(113,556 posts)Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)We don't want to kill off the US in order to protect a zombie relic from enemies. It's time to have a public discussion of these matters.