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> dragnet surveillance of nearly all communications. That's not the bargain the public has had with law enforcement I'm not sure this is the argument to make t
by studentrob 11y ago
> dragnet surveillance of nearly all communications. That's not the bargain the public has had with law enforcement
I'm not sure this is the argument to make to Obama and the DOJ. They are already framing this as a privacy issue
The factors they understand are the public safety and economic impacts. Let us speak to those points and allow privacy to be a secondary concern. Obama himself told President Xi last year that the exact same policies would dramatically hurt Xi's economy [1]
[1] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-china-idUSKBN0LY2H520150302 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-china-idUSKBN0LY...