Hell, I might as well say it, I used to work for the NSA

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28. I'm glad to have your experience added to the mix.

They stopped the draft lottery the year before I would have been eligible.

I never had to make a decision about dodging or not. I do remember that the use of napalm really had an impact on me and my attitude about that war. It still does, even to this day.

I've worked for defense contractors and held a security clearance and I'll say that the MIC is at least ten years ahead of what is in the public domain. In other words, the public is just learning about technology that was in use ten years ago inside the shadow government.

Because of this, a public discussion can never happen contemporaneously with the implementation of these programs. The time for us to have been talking about this particular issue was ten years ago when the rules were being made, when the secret courts were considering their secret decisions, and when the secret policies were being implemented.

It's almost too late to have this discussion now, because the technology is already in place and is being used to control the conversation.