Terrorism is the justification for recent astronomical military/defense budgets. It is a convenient basis for infinite war and surveillance; it is conveniently

Terrorism is the justification for recent astronomical military/defense budgets. It is a convenient basis for infinite war and surveillance; it is conveniently poorly defined. At face value, the people generating the most domestic terror appear to be the politicians and internet trolls.... Even if you accept and desire the NSA for the purposes of sigint, it makes no sense to pretend they can combat terrorism any better than any human can. They should stick to nation states. That we can’t easily discern whether or not they are spying on US citizens should be a red flag, even to lovers of spy games.