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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
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I think that article makes some very good points. Hi Bob, I think Mr. Fernandez is a very thoughtful commentator, and his insights are often not obvious. Quote:
The surveillance has thwarting of terrorists is only a minor function of the surveillance, and it does a lousy job at that. Hi landmark, I certainly think that there are flaws in a system of massive surveillance that allowed an infiltrator like Mr. Snowden inside. (Although I think he may at times exaggerate how much he really knows.) I agree with you that the way our counter-terror security systems are set up appears at times to be more concerned with intimidating the great mass of law-abiding citizens, rather than on destroying the enemy. Now why would that be? |
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It startles me when I look over my shoulder and find that the person agreeing with me is Woland. Welcome.
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
I've always thought that you were, to use Sartre's turn of phrase from Les mains sales, "récupérable."
Meanwhile, Matt Drudge's headline story this morning links to this article. Quote:
WASHINGTON — In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators, President Barack Obama has ordered federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues based on behavioral profiling techniques that are not scientifically proven to work, according to experts and government documents. How long before we are all asked to monitor each other? I haven't yet seen the 2006 "Das Leben der Anderen" ("The Lives of Others") but maybe now is the time . . . . before it is too late! |
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