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It's interesting that the only defense the USG can muster in this debacle is their insistence that there are policies in place to prevent abuse. Policies chang
by ihsw 13y ago
It's interesting that the only defense the USG can muster in this debacle is their insistence that there are policies in place to prevent abuse.
Policies change when governments change, so every time there are US senate elections[1] or US presidential elections[2] then it'll be a chance that we irrevocably move further down the dark road of totalitarianism.
If there's anything to do to remedy this situation, it's talk to your congressional representative. Gerrymandering may have made that a pointless task, but it's just the first step towards freedom.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2016 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elec...
- gorbachev 13y agoThe "we have policies" defense is complete horse manure for the reason you stated and also because if those policies are secret, as is the case with regards to wholesale surveillance state policies, there is no way to verify they're being followed or hold anyone accountable for violating those policies. Additionally even when governments don't change the policies have an uncanny habit of not being followed whenever it's convenient to ignore them. That has happened time and time again.