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“I think the American public can accept the fact if you tell them that every time you pick up the phone it’s going to be recorded and it goes to the government,
by rl3 13y ago
“I think the American public can accept the fact if you tell them that every time you pick up the phone it’s going to be recorded and it goes to the government,” Kelly said. “I think the public can understand that. I see no reason why that program was placed in the secret category.”
The whole media ruckus over Snowden is simply because people don't like secrets being kept from them. They're actually completely cool with the whole total surveillance thing, though.
- discostrings 13y agoThat's actually part of the media ruckus. There's a lot wrong going on with these programs, and people have different objections. Some object to the surveillance itself, some object that it was kept secret but approve of the surveillance, and some object to the way the executive branch is doing this without meaningful input from the other branches of government. And of course, some simply object because of the executive who is doing it. For those who object to the surveillance: it's really important to engage others about the privacy/surveillance debate right now. As those who only oppose the secrecy or the process aspects of what's going on become satisfied, interest will dissipate and it'll become much harder to engage people on the surveillance issue itself. It's a really interesting opportunity to actually engage people about privacy and surveillance without many people instantly deferring to the status quo.
- rhizome 13y agoHow about we just start at whether it's legal and Constitutional? Everything else follows from that.