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When the NSA revelations were first revealed many of my coworkers said "so?" - thinking they and most citizens had little to hide. My first complaint was that
by jboggan 13y ago
When the NSA revelations were first revealed many of my coworkers said "so?" - thinking they and most citizens had little to hide. My first complaint was that the incredible power this would afford a sitting president (or any political animal in control of the apparatus) would lead to a dismantling on all effective checks on their power in an entirely silent way.
I think the defusing of Petraeus as a future presidential candidate and political player was the first example of this.
- bediger4000 13y agoAre you sure the defusing of Petraeus was the first example of the use of "parallel constructions" to ruin potential political rivals? How could we (those not in the know) distinguish some politician's real, stupid, online sex solicitation bust from a parallel construction? That is, Larry Craig probably wasn't a victim, but maybe Eliot Spitzer was, eh?