Everything You Wanted to Know about Spying … But Were Afraid to Ask
WashingtonsBlog.com
July 8, 2013
Spying: The Big Picture
If you’ve been too busy to keep up with the spying scandal, here’s an overview:
The government is spying on virtually everything we do
The government’s mass spying doesn’t keep us safe
NSA spying did not prevent a terror attack on Wall Street
There is no meaningful oversight of the spying programs by either Congress or the courts
We can keep everyone safe without violating the Constitution … more cheaply and efficiently than the current system
The top counter-terrorism Czar under Clinton and Bush says that revealing NSA spying programs does not harm national security
Whistleblowers on illegal spying have no “legal” way to get the information out
A high-level intelligence source says “we hack everyone everywhere”
The Rest…HERE
