>Do you understand what an 'ally' is? They're allies. Helping allies route around local legislation designed to protect the rights of citizens in one state, by

>Do you understand what an 'ally' is? They're allies. Helping allies route around local legislation designed to protect the rights of citizens in one state, by using another states surveillance apparatus to violate those rights, as is the case with the 5-eyes war coalition: this is the end of sovereign state-hood and the beginning of a new world order where the 'intelligence' community ends up having more rights than the citizens they're "sworn"^Wsupposed to protect... I don't think we should be so easily swayed into accepting this state of affairs. >This article is about civilian agencies, and discusses civilian politicians talking about them. Talking about civilian oversight doesn't make any sense here. What were you trying to mean? That's the state of affairs now, but it was not the case in 1982, during the conflict, and it was a long road until we, the citizens who paid for these actions, found out just how it all went down. >The pop singer? Yes, he was a pop singer, and he also was the founder of one of the most effective Peace Movements, which deflated with his assassination. We need more individuals like him, now more than ever.