Don’t we have laws against peeping Toms? Aren’t we supposed to be protected from slimy guys in long dark coats peeking through our windows? Well, what if those slimy guys doing the peeping belong to our very own government??
They are and they do! The secret is out. The United States Government gets off on watching, listening, and God only knows what else.
We have no privacy. There are no secrets. The watchers of the watched are themselves being watched! Where does it end? For that matter, where did it begin?
Edward Snowden blew the lid off this dirty little secret. The NSA has been watching everybody! The NSA has been listening to everything! Every little detail of phone calls, emails, and whatever else they deem is in the interest of National Security. Was it really in the interest of National Security, or was it a product of one facet of our government going mad with power?
No matter whether you see Snowden as a whistleblower, hero, or traitor, one thing you have to admit is that The a United States Government has been very naughty!
President Obama has announced surveillance reform. I’m not buying it. A tighter lid will be placed. Lips will be sealed. Sub-contractors will be more carefully screened.
The US Government? Well, they will still be watching, and listening, and……You fill in the blank!
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Ms. Wimes and they are doing it in such a sneaky type of way too. I was shocked when I learned of such petty ways they were gathering their information and I thought it was a joke. I had to read about it myself and the one that got me was the simple little cartoon avatar we all have used on facebook. I at one time had over 200 friends and when I created my avatar I wondered why everyone did not have one, then it was explained to me jokingly that they were ways from third party sources to gather all your personal information, kind of a following device. I laughed until I read up.
This speaks high of the “Patriot Act,” signed into law by George W. Bush in 2001, extended by President Obama as the “Patriot Sunsets Extension Act,” in 2011, all to stop terrorism. So why must Americans suffer and be watched? The sad part is acts of terrorism still occur and the ones that are suppose to be watched slip under the radar. sad.
Yes we are all being watched in some type of way, but who is watching congress? they need watching too.
Sad but we all have to watch what we put online and information we give out, sadly we all have to watch what is said on personal telephone conversations too because we all are being watched and t he terrorist are laughing because the media tells everything so they know every move.
People call Edward Snowden a traitor, and the jury is still out on that one for me, however, the surveillance being done on US Citizens is unacceptable! We are supposed to be the leaders for democracy and doing the “right” thing, and yet, look at what we do to each other, let alone other countries!