Submitted by George Washington on 07/12/2012 01:26 -0400
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Do You Know How Far Government Spying Has Gone?
You might have heard that police are deploying scanners – not only in airports – but also on trains, buses, ferries, sporting events and on the streets. And see this.
You probably know that the National Security Agency is building a $2 billion dollar facility in Utah which will use the world’s most powerful supercomputer to monitor virtually all phone calls, emails, internet usage, purchases and rentals, break all encryption, and then store everyone’s data permanently.
And that the CIA is trying to tap your communications as well.
You may have heard that drones will soon be flown all over America to spy on us. For example, ABC News reported:
Drones can carry facial recognition cameras, license plate scanners, thermal imaging cameras, open WiFi sniffers, and other sensors.
And they can be armed.
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Without privacy and transparency rules — these powerful surveillance tools … have strong potential for misuse.
The military is already using drones over the American homeland to gather information on Americans. See this and this.
AP notes that the American public is wary of drones:
Public worries about drones began mostly on the political margins, but there are signs that they’re going mainstream.
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An ACLU lobbyist, Chris Calabrese, said that
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-07-12/government-will-soon-be-able-know-your-adrenaline-level-what-you-ate-your-bre
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