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CIA Admits to Hacking Senate Computers
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- dredmorbius 12y agoA nation's intelligence apparatus spying on its legislature is straight-up, full-on reign-of-terror status stuff. First off, I'm not particularly happy that ordinary citizens, residents, and visitors to the US (ALL of whom have constitutional protections against illegal search) are subject to pervasive surveillance. But the fact that it extends to lawmakers and other public officials[1] outside the scope of officially sanctioned lawful investigations (which are both allowable and sadly necessary) is absolutely terrifying. This takes everything straight to reign-of-terror status. You see, because of a few fundamental facts of life. I expect my politicians are dirty. They're mixed up in all sorts of things (sometimes it even comes out, see today's news on the former governor and first lady of the Commonwealth of Virginia). And particularly increasingly of late, I Don't Trust the Other Side. And I rather suspect that The Other Side doesn't trust My Side (whom, quite frankly, I don't much trust these days either, but in a battle of ever so slightly lesser evils, liars, and incompetence, I've chosen to generally align myself). Putting what appears to increasingly be an independent intelligence apparatus answerable to neither the Courts, the Legislature, or even, I'm beginning to suspect, the Executive, we're reaching a position in which an Organ of the State has exceptionally deep knowledge of virtually all others, and not inconsiderable powers to act or cause others to act on it. The actions of the CIA strike me as treason. I feel it's well past the stage of calling for metaphorical heads for actions such as this. More: http://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/2cb6nf/a_nations_intelligence_apparatus_spying_on_its/ http://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/2cb6nf/a_nation...