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In reply to the discussion: You know what cracks me up...and I mean all the way the fuck up? [View all]Warpy
(111,257 posts)but some people here are company men with jobs that have them identifying more with the supposedly non political spy agencies than with the people.
This stuff has been going on for a very long time and as the technology has improved, it's been increasing right along with it. We knew when the phones were bugged in the 60s. Now they're all bugged and it's undetectable.
Snowden did us a service in confirming what we all suspected had vastly increased during Stupid's two terms. I don't know what his motives were and don't much care. He has wrecked his own life to alert the whole world about the level of electronic spying the US is doing.
These agencies have grown so incredibly powerful that I doubt any president could shut down any of the abuses. It would take the entire government acting as a whole to pull the plug and even then, they'd just shove it underground and privately fund it.
Anyone who thinks this is Obama's PR problem just hasn't been paying attention, at all.