What really sticks in my craw with this is the blatant hypocrisy.
Your kidding yourselfWhen I was growing up, absolutely no way would our government absolutely spy on the citizens
When I was growing up, absolutely no way would our government absolutely spy on the citizens although I'm sure it was done covertly but no one would ever openly admit to it. Today, it is overt and encouraged and practically announced. Bring on the countermeasures.
Right on!That's fine; when the government switches parties and the shoe is on the other foot, the other side will raise the same concerns only to be blocked and it flips back and forth; result in us Americans in the center getting spied on by our own government either way. Really sad because few years ago, this wasn't even a question. My guess is few years later, this will be the norm. When I was growing up, absolutely no way would our government absolutely spy on the citizens although I'm sure it was done covertly but no one would ever openly admit to it. Today, it is overt and encouraged and practically announced. Bring on the countermeasures.
I wish this were true, however, the truth is that somebody has to stop them, and the intelligence agencies are on accountable. The people in mass don’t really have the will, or the capacity they have shown that they do not answer to the electorate. Semi question is who is going to stop them and how exactly?I guess I don't blame them for using the military equipment at home because there's no enemy in the world to use it against any more. They have to do what they are told by their leader else they might end up in jail, doesn't matter if it's 1940 or 2040, nothing has changed. It's just sad to see these organizations go out of business as quickly as they sprang up. It's just a matter of time before DHS gets reorganized and basically neutered because they abused their role over the last 20+ years and ICE, that organization is already gone; they just don't know it yet. They can have their "fun" for a few more years but they are basically over as a law enforcement organization, they literally put themselves out of business. Expect to hear the word "abolish" used a lot in the near future. By then, the fight will carry over to the states who are currently "in progress" when it comes to building their drone fleets and we'll have to do this all over again.
And I recall in Britain in 2005 when it was uncovered that Rupert Murdoch and The Sun journalists had hacked the ‘phones of the Royal Family. You don’t think the Gov had the same and better capabilities for spying on whoever they wanted, in Britain and in the USA. Now it just more open and blatant, the US Admin doesn’t care what anyone thinks..gov has always spied on citizens, since the days of the revolutionary war. McCarthy era anyone ?
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