by Glenn Greenwald

http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/08/09/glenn-greenwald/the-digital-surveillance-state-vast-secret-and-dangerous/


From APFN daily update

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The Digital Surveillance State

Take a look at an excellent extended essay about surveillance in the USA, by Glenn Greenwald over at the Cato Institute. It's well worth reading the whole thing - it's a researched and scholarly piece. From the piece, two brief quotes: "There is no surveillance power too intrusive or unaccountable for our political class provided the word 'terrorism' is invoked to 'justify' those powers." And, "The Surveillance State already collects so much information about us, our activities and our communications — so indiscriminately and on such a vast scale — that it is increasingly difficult for it to detect any actual national security threats." Every day, collection systems at the National Security Agency intercept and store 1.7 billion e-mails, phone calls and other types of communications.

Alex Deane, Big Brother Watch

http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?start=3820&end=3840&view=yes&id=5131#newspost

 

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