Re: A Concern (NSA Spying)
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Posted in reply to the post by american dream:
We are all very concerned with Mister Carillo's breeches, er, breaches, but the true elephant in the room, the big villain to me, is the NSA, which seems to be Hell-bent on establishing a Big Brother-type empire of fear and hyper-control. Do we even dare discuss it on this forum? Whaddya think, Barry?
I don't see any problem about discussing this here. It's not as if we are learning how to make a bomb or nerve gas, or poisoning the water supply, or assassinating the president, or anything (Hi NSA guys! Made you look! :Nana:)
I'm not entirely against the NSA spying. I'm glad the current scope of it and the extent, or lack there of that the guidelines are being followed has come to light so some more safeguards can be put into place. I'm not that uncomfortable with it while Obama is in charge, but it could easily be abused by the next guy/gal.
Maintaining a peaceful society is not easy given the violent threats both internally and internationally. I'm rather amazed that there hasn't been more mayhem since 9/11.