Hi clo,
so the real problem is the destruction of america's reputation overseas.
for goodness sake, don't compromise privacy in the us. but it's okay for the us to spy on everyone else.
the way everyone else resolves the double standard is to use non-american services. or will be.
hence the secrecy.
al qaeda knows not to use electronic services. their worry is surely that the mass of overseas people will discover what the us government is up to and in consequence the us will lose its dominance of ecommerce.
the ongoing trouble the us finds itself in is that it treats itself as special. if it could only normalise itself and recognise that the human condition is universal - and escape from the awful notion of exceptionalism - it might regain perspective.
if breaches of privacy are abhorrent to americans, they are abhorrent to everyone.
this is how us global imperium ends.
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