DHS Tracked Occupy Wall Street to ‘Control Protesters’

[JDPriestly]

67. Yes it is just my opinion.

Sorry if that was unclear.

I have to add that it would be pretty obvious that I could not possibly have an inside track on what the DHS is thinking. I do know a bit about what the STASI did (although not as much as I would like to know. The STASI facts kind of slipped off the radar, didn't they?) I also know about what other domestic surveillance organizations in various countries have done.

Why else would Homeland Security be snooping on OWS other than to infiltrate and try to make OWS look bad or to control everything that goes on in the US.

OWS was very transparent. The General Assemblies were held on the steps of City Hall here in Los Angeles, and everything possible was livestreamed. What in the world was there for Homeland Security to keep track of?

It's sheer paranoia.

It is reasonable to want to protect our country from terrorism. But it is not reasonable to examine every human exchange, every group, every facet of our lives just in case someone might be a terrorist.

The number of terrorists in the world is very small. Many of those arrested and accused of terrorism thus far in the US were encouraged in some way by informants for the government or the government itself.

We could be spending our money on better things like education.

We need some Homeland Security, etc., but at this point we have gone too far on it.