The common reaction to NSA spying, even if Americans are uncomfortable with it is: “Oh well, I’m not doing anything wrong. I have nothing to hide. I’m not a terrorist!” If this is how you feel, there are a few things you should know.
First, the NSA has been proven ineffective at fighting terrorism, so any illusion that this is what the NSA is doing must be shattered. Not a single terrorist has been found thanks to mass surveillance. The NSA ties the TSA.
Second, however, your definition of “doing anything wrong” is probably different from the NSA’s.
Do you like weed? Do you like molly, ecstacy, coke, lsd, or ‘shrooms,? The government believes this is “doing something wrong” and the NSA routinely shares information with the “Special Operations Division” of the DEA to help prosecute Americans for ordinary drug “crimes.” Then using “parallel construction,” they cover their tracks with the NSA to conceal the violation of your rights that landed you in court or jail, anyway. They also pass findings to the local police, teaching them, too to hide their spying. It’s infiltrated at all levels of government and covered up the same way. Just like the Patriot Act, the NSA is used to prosecute more drug “crimes” than terrorist crimes.
Do you or have you ever worked a job under the table? Has the current, government-induced economic situation motivated you to keep some of your earnings private from the government? That same S.O.D. of the DEA shares its data with the IRS so they can seek out tax frauds, and like the DEA and local police, they hide the fact that they caught you by spying. This recurring process is called “parallel construction.” You should google it.
But let me ask you this: Have you ever sent your boobs or dick to someone who wanted to see it? Because the NSA was just recently revealed to be assisting the British intelligence agency, GCHQ, in spying on webcam footage of average citizens. Millions of them, through Yahoo. The help from the NSA was integral to the success of the program, and British spy agents found an “undesirable” frequency of nudity. The spy agencies do not approve of your sexual habits.
I’m not saying that just because you’ve sent a naked picture that the NSA is looking. But you are in those databases, and NSA employees get bored at their 9-5 jobs just like everyone else… They also must get deathly sick of searching for imaginary terrorists. You decide if you’re comfortable with that.
Two of these things are obscene because they are using your tax dollars to spy on you to violate your rights: demanding money through both taxation and to lock people in cages for non-violent “crimes.” This is how the government spends your money. They also use it terrorizing innocent people and children all over the world. Maybe it’s time to focus on what your government has to hide.
In Rogue 