Re: Brin: The Digital Surveillance State: Vast, Secret, and Dangerous
David Brin
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:51:51 -0700
Whine, moan bitch complain without any sensible suggestions... yep, that's the
Cato way.
Above all, aim all suspicion-of-authority at some vague "government" and ignore
all other forces.
??Wha??
Um, I'm not sure why Glenn Greenwald, who writes for Salon, and is not
exactly a friend to the "Libertarian set", would write for a Pro-Cato
site, (I thought it was an anti-cato site, namely because Glenn
Greenwald wrote the article).
Also, the article, in particular, examines in detail many of the
specific abuses the Obama admin has continued and extended from the Bush
administration.
It's clear you didn't read the article, or even know who Glenn Greenwald
is (try Salon.com).
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From: KZK
http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/08/09/glenn-greenwald/the-digital-surveillance-state-vast-secret-and-dangerous/
And as we acquiesce to more and more sacrifices of our privacy to the
omnipotent
Surveillance State, it builds the wall of secrecy behind which it operates
higher and more impenetrable, which means it constantly knows more about the
actions of citizens, while citizens constantly know less about it. We chirp
endlessly about the Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, the Democrats
and Republicans, but this is the Real U.S. Government: a massive Surveillance
State functioning in darkness, beyond elections and parties, so secret, vast
and
powerful that it evades the control or knowledge of any one person or even any
organization.
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