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Then let's stop deluding ourselves and make it clear that the NSA's charter is about promoting what a small number of powerful unelected beaurocrats believe to
by pvnick 13y ago
Then let's stop deluding ourselves and make it clear that the NSA's charter is about promoting what a small number of powerful unelected beaurocrats believe to be American interests, both politically and economically [1], without significant oversight. Then we can have an honest discussion on whether or not that's a good thing.
[1] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/nsa-spying-brazil-oil-petrobras http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/nsa-spying-braz...
- tptacek 13y agoWhere do I sign your petition? I'm right there with you.
- malandrew 13y agoAnd while we're at it, let's stop letting them wave the "but the terrorists" flag every time they justify a program for which the goal is a lot more than terrorism (assuming many programs are about terrorism at all. Personally, I suspect most programs have nothing to do with terrorism, but that there is no better way to push through support than to argue "but the terrorists").
- belzeboss 13y agoMany attacks against USA are motivated because of actions like the ones from NSA. Other countries are starting to consider the USA an enemy to be defeated because bulshit likes this is getting shown. If citizens of other countries start to make an outcry their leaders will make retaliations even if just for show.