Re:US intelligence mining data from 9 US Internet companies ...
by Spooky23 on Thursday June 06, 2013 @10:25PM
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How do we know that we have a functioning democracy?
If I run for congress against a candidate strongly favored by this or a future administration, how do I know that my telephone call records aren't being leaked to the opposition?
Or worse, how do I know that the people running these programs aren't using a decade of collected data to influence vulnerable politicians? How do I know if someone in the NSA isn't blackmailing the President?
Who is watching the watchers? Some kangaroo secret court, who the intelligence community has had broad authority to ignore?
If I run for congress against a candidate strongly favored by this or a future administration, how do I know that my telephone call records aren't being leaked to the opposition?
Or worse, how do I know that the people running these programs aren't using a decade of collected data to influence vulnerable politicians? How do I know if someone in the NSA isn't blackmailing the President?
Who is watching the watchers? Some kangaroo secret court, who the intelligence community has had broad authority to ignore?