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In reply to the discussion: Thank You Bernie Sanders: 'The Devil Will Be In The Details' .. 'I Do Not Agree With The President' [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)to write/right wrongs...I just don't know. I do know that you are correct and that his acts nor the lie General Clapper told Congress will change anything. On the flip side of the coin, if there is nothing wrong with the NSA, then why was Obama saying they are going to reform it? You cannot have your cake and eat it AND have plausible deniability.
Snowden could be working for the Russian mafia, I doubt it, but really would place more stock in him if he would go to a neutral country somewhere with a better human rights record.
Again, does that change anything? No, the NSA will still continue to spy on the populace as long as it is legal to the people that write their paychecks. Ethics never enters into the picture, like war or counter surveillance. Of course people are worried about terrorism, it is the prime theme around the world only second to global austerity.
It is completely also about control and who is in charge. The United States is in charge, that is something that won't change as well.