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Why is this worth noting? The surveillance state is far bigger than any one person and has been operating clandestinely for decades.
by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Why is this worth noting? The surveillance state is far bigger than any one person and has been operating clandestinely for decades.
- talmand 9y agoMaybe because the title and bulk of the article directly attributes the problems discussed to Obama and his administration? That the ability to abuse such things was made easier during his term? The problem may be bigger than any one person, but that doesn't mean we don't discuss their possible role in that problem.
- hammock 9y agoWho's to say that NSA did not blackmail Obama into expanding its powers or relaxing oversight?
- strictnein 9y agoWho's to say serpent people aren't running the UN?
- talmand 9y agoWould not a discussion over Obama's possible involvement in the problem possibly bring such a thing to light? Is "he might have been blackmailed" a reason for everybody else to not discuss something?
- yostrovs 9y agoThe "one person" is the President of the United States, the very person able to single handedly stop this and the one who takes responsibility for managing these things. If politics is to have any impact on governance, actions of all the political players have to be judged equally.