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> Is there any defense for how this got started and kept going? The defense is "in the name of national security". Whether this defense actually holds any wei
by hkmurakami 13y ago
> Is there any defense for how this got started and kept going?
The defense is "in the name of national security".
Whether this defense actually holds any weight will probably depend on where we lie on the spectrum of privacy, liberty, and our supposed safety.
- belorn 13y agoJust as an intellectual challenge. A dark dictatorship would also claim national security, but people would likely not accept that. Is that because we simply have a bit of blind trust in democracies, or is there something else going on?
- hkmurakami 13y agoMaybe the key is in the secrecy.