RE: WikiLeaks/CIA
March 8, 2017 at 9:52 am
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2017 at 9:52 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(March 8, 2017 at 9:21 am)abaris Wrote:(March 8, 2017 at 9:19 am)Nymphadora Wrote: What hasn't been confirmed is whether or not any of this is being used against Americans.
On that you can bet your ass. This will be used and abused in any possible way. Probably has been for years. Snwoden should have taught us as much.
I struggle in vain to think of any power granted to our government that has not been abused at one point or another. And considering that the agency in question is responsible for MK Ultra and other illegal domestic programs through its history; and considering that our government is always looking for better ways to snoop on us in violation of our penumbral right to privacy, I'd indeed bet my ass that this has already happened, as you say.
(March 8, 2017 at 9:26 am)abaris Wrote:(March 8, 2017 at 9:22 am)Nymphadora Wrote: You're probably right. It's scary to think what this world is coming to. Or what it has already come to.
It's on it's way since 9/11. Globally. The attacks have delivered the perfect pretext for the services going rogue. Or the governments - not mutually exclusive. On a global level. There's not one country that still ofers as much privacy or civili liberties as they did before 9/11. Virtually every year they keep chipping away and people are getting used to it. That's probably the worst part about it.
Death by a thousand cuts.
