"Deception Point"... I'm late to the party.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

Just read the novel by Dan Brown (also author of The De Vinci Code) and found its message disturbing. No, not the message that in a presidential race almost anything can happen. What irked me was the level of technological capability already developed and in use in spying on people -- substantiated in the "Author's Note".

We speak of Big Brother, and see movies like "Enemy of the State" wherein some semblance of the advances in technology are illustrated, but this left me deeply affected. Is nano-technology so sophisticated that the "fly-on-the-wall" is already functional? This is mostly a rhetorical question because if you knew, you couldn't tell me anyway... or, you would have to kill me if you did divulge an affirmative answer.

Just going through a :tinfoilhat: moment here and wondering about the pervasiveness of government intelligence (yeah, I know, an oxymoron if ever there was one) in our lives.

[stillcool]

1. "Crossing the Rubicon"..

is as far as I got with that stuff...and I didn't get it then. There are some things my mind just doesn't do well with. there might be some stuff here...

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Global_Secrets_Lies/Conspiracy_Theories.html

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. I have had that book recommended to me

a few times. Not so much looking into abnormalities with "government" explanations as much as I am very curious to delve into the personal spying capabilities. Thanks for the link... I too find the whole official 9/11 explanation sorely lacking.

[seemslikeadream]

2. Skip to 36:00 of this video

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5875765740178483812&q=William+Blum&total=28&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1


No matter how paranoid you are what the government is actually doing is far worse than you can imagine.


Don't believe anything until it is offically denied

:hi:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

5. Thanks SLAD.

Will get back to you after watching. :hi:

The 2 laws of politics... got it! ;-)

[mmonk]

3. Knowledge of spying on a few

keeps the many in line.