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I get the impression that these agencies are now going for a power-grab. They've noticed how little the NSA has suffered for what they've done, and now they ar
by fragsworth 13y ago
I get the impression that these agencies are now going for a power-grab.
They've noticed how little the NSA has suffered for what they've done, and now they are all in overdrive trying to abuse their positions in every way possible.
- rhizome 13y agoThe setup has already happened, though, no grab necessary. Through the PATRIOT Act and others, "national security" is now an official arm of the law enforcement and military establishments. It's just now that people are finding out what is going on, the cockroaches are scurrying from the light under the umbrella of that which can no longer be defined away from them. Said another way, 15 years ago they couldn't redefine themselves even if they wanted to, because the military and intelligence functions of the nation were already handled by other agencies. By creating an entirely new area of the government for spying and killing, the government has built an open-ended bucket for everybody who wants a piece of the action. Said yet another way: what's to stop them?
- PavlovsCat 13y agoKinda like HN kills such stories because hey, we're still using it.