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> Save for the UK, I can't think of a single Western European country that goes to the extreme lengths of surveillance that the US does. People were equally sk
by crbnw00ts 13y ago
> Save for the UK, I can't think of a single Western European country that goes to the extreme lengths of surveillance that the US does.
People were equally skeptical about the extent of the US's surveillance until the Snowden revelations. It always seems far-fetched ... right up until the moment it doesn't.
- workhere-io 13y agoThe big difference is that in the years before the Snowden revelations there were a lot of signs of things going on (e.g. when Washington Post revealed that 800,000 people worked in US intelligence and had a high security clearance [1] ). Signs as big as that have not been present for the EU, even when you count in Echelon. 1) http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/ http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articl...