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Isn't anyone else furious about this? The entire system was built in secret and without the consent of the American people, at huge expense, with little-to-no
by edc117 11y ago
Isn't anyone else furious about this? The entire system was built in secret and without the consent of the American people, at huge expense, with little-to-no oversight (secret courts), and now is being expanded to share our data among every 'security' agency in the nation (again without our consent)?
It still blows my mind we've spend such huge sums of money on what is effectively a very iffy interpretation of the law, designed to violate civil rights on a mass scale. The other top story in the news is how another security agency is essentially trying to get easy access to people's private data (phones) whenever needed.
- CWuestefeld 11y agoYou forgot to mention that there's absolutely no evidence that any of these sacrifices have paid off even one iota.
- pc2g4d 11y agoCongress has failed us. In the absence of explicit legislation governing these activities, the executive is free to give and take privacy per its own whim. I am furious that these decisions are being made by arbitrary bureaucratic edicts rather than the will of the people as manifest in legislation. The worst part is that whatever system is publicly described, it can simply be secretly subverted by classified presidential directive.[1] [1]: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/24/presidential-policy-directives-form-secret-law/29235675/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/24/presi...