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Mass Surveillance Proves Pointless
Never have so many Americans been brought
under surveillance for such a meager payoff.
In times of war and national
emergency, it's sometimes necessary to sacrifice civil liberties to secure
vital gains in public safety. In those cases, we may have to accept a loss of
privacy or freedom rather than invite mass slaughter of Americans.
The National Security Agency's domestic phone records collection is not one of those.
Never have so many Americans been brought under surveillance for such a meager payoff, actual or potential. Creating risks to privacy to save lives is one thing. Creating them to accomplish little or nothing is another.
That's why the controversy over President Barack Obama's proposed revision of this program, known as the Section 215 program, is largely political theater. The important question is not how to adjust it to "balance" security and privacy. It's whether the government should be doing this at all.
The administration has strained to give the impression that the program is essential to saving lives. NSA Director Keith Alexander said its surveillance programs have helped "prevent over 50 potential terrorist events."
The National Security Agency's domestic phone records collection is not one of those.
Never have so many Americans been brought under surveillance for such a meager payoff, actual or potential. Creating risks to privacy to save lives is one thing. Creating them to accomplish little or nothing is another.
That's why the controversy over President Barack Obama's proposed revision of this program, known as the Section 215 program, is largely political theater. The important question is not how to adjust it to "balance" security and privacy. It's whether the government should be doing this at all.
The administration has strained to give the impression that the program is essential to saving lives. NSA Director Keith Alexander said its surveillance programs have helped "prevent over 50 potential terrorist events."
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America’s
“Deep State,” in which elected and unelected figures collude to serve powerful
vested interests…
The Deep State, a hybrid of corporate America and the
national security state, which is “out of control” and “unconstrained.”
In it, Lofgren says, elected and unelected figures collude to protect and serve
powerful vested interests. “It is … the red thread that runs through the
history of the last three decades. It is how we had deregulation,
financialization of the economy, the Wall Street bust, the erosion or our civil
liberties and perpetual war.” Watch it
here:
Everyone in America wants life insurance
– After they are dead!
Thwart the Growing Homeland
Surveillance Threat That’s Spying on You...
We
are all being lumped in with terrorists. And one size of surveillance fits all,
so far as the Washington establishment is concerned. Maybe the country will
come to it senses. Maybe it won’t. But I’ll tell you this- I’m not holding my
breath and neither should you.
In
the meantime, honest Americans who mind their own business must find ways to
cope with increasingly intrusive surveillance from video cameras, email
eavesdropping, cell phone tracking, RFID chips, microphones concealed in
utility poles, and even airborne drones.
These
surveillance tactics aren’t science fiction, and they’re not just the talk of
conspiracy theorists, either. These threats to your privacy are real, and
they’re growing. The list of intrusive surveillance measures employed by the
government and other law enforcement agencies is becoming rather lengthy. But
some very bright people are starting to develop and market privacy protection
countermeasures. Some of which are pretty exotic.
Today,
I have a few new options you can add to the growing list of “keep your nose out
of my business” tactics. Get them here:
As long as
most are more afraid of ‘terrorists’ than government, warrantless spying on all
Americans will continue...
Snuggly the Security Bear and
Obama have been busier than we all thought in the United States of Surveillance. Watch the
cute cartoon with the important message. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljTmnOy8FB0
Over 4,000 students targeted
as guinea pigs for new tracking system
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2 comments:
Oh yeah, the sheep could care less which is why politicians are laughing so loud at the idiots they rule over.
Always a good read, always useful resources and good re-design.
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