| Kim Sengupta describes how the US National Security Agency and the British Government Communications Headquarters eavesdrop on the whole world. The NSA is forbidden from listening in on Americans without a warrant, but the US government circumvents this problem by formally allowing the GCHQ to spy on Americans. The NSA listens in on British calls, and then the two just swap the information. |
Juan's title for this post is: We may as Well Just Record all our Telephone Calls and send them to Maryland
I say, let them climb through the hoops. Unless it's cheaper to record and submit.
Anyway, Cole's post discusses the Blix and UN bugging, concluding:
| The framers of the US constitution wanted individuals to have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their own homes, and wanted the police to leave them alone unless there was good evidence they had committed a crime. The rise of the National Security State during WW II and in the Cold War has effectively gutted the constitution in this regard for all practical purposes. The Patriot Act more or less repeals the Bill of Rights, which has bedevilled successive US regimes, especially that of Richard Nixon, who now finally has his revenge.
I suppose the real question is whether, when Bin Laden boasted, "I will take away their freedom," it was an empty boast or an accurate prediction. |
Read the entire post here if you like.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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