The government has been capable of listening to your phone calls for years.You say any of a few key words or red flag phrases a system called Echelon .goes into action. Also,i dont know if this is true or not,but a nieghbor of mine is a pretty well connected political consultant.He told me ,you could "google" certain subjects and get red flagged.If this is true the googlemiester, Red, is probably on a first name basis with the FBI ,CIA,And NSA.Put in a good word for me, Red.
I've heard this as well, don't know if its true or not and have no desire to find out. I'll leave that to achmed and the rest of those idiots. As I said, I highly doubt that the feds are interested in anything I have to talk about and I'd like to keep it that way. :thumb:
We should never have too much faith that those in power have only our best intentions in mind. Especially when those in power have shown a pattern of having little respect for our freedoms and a willingness to circumvent what is right for results.
Most everybody agrees with that. The problem is an administration that is increasingly partisan and paranoid. The fear is that people who don't mind outing a covert CIA agent for political gain might not mind doing a lot of political snooping with this power. Try to find dirt on enemies or steal an opponents documents. Nixon's henchmen could have raped the Democratic party worse than Watergate with this power without breaking any laws at all. This information is neither confirmed nor denied. This information is neither confirmed nor denied. They have a file on all of us, amigo. Mine is probably pretty thick, but there's also an inactive low-level security clearance in there somewhere. Consider that Barrack Obama and his Merry Men will have this power in 7 months instead of your hero. Do you trust that they will not use it for political purposes? Or how about when junior becomes a goth-dressing slacker in a few years, filling your phone lines and internet with death-obsessed anarchist chatter. Wouldn't you rather handle it yourself than have the Men in Black show up on your porch with a flashy thing?
Didn't ya'll watch The Matrix? No need to worry friends, Keanu Reeves is going to fix it all up for us. Just remember, absolute power corrupts absolutely. (I know this photo isn't from Matrix)
