Thursday, June 6, 2013

Disappointed, Disillusioned & Disgusted (Though Not Entirely Surprised)

NSA Whistleblowers: "All U.S. Citizens" [are] Targeted by Surveillance Program, Not Just Verizon Customers - Democracy Now
A leaked court order has revealed the Obama administration is conducting a massive domestic surveillance program by collecting telephone records of millions of Verizon customers. The Guardian newspaper published a classified order issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court directing Verizon’s Business Network Services to give the National Security Agency electronic data, including all calling records on an "ongoing, daily basis." 
Introducing Barack W. Bush (or George Hussein Obama)
Our first African American POTUS won an historic election in 2008, but then he went all fucking J. Edgar Hoover on us. Compare this paragraph about Hoover:
Hoover's critics accused him of exceeding the jurisdiction of the FBI.[1] He used the FBI to harass political dissenters and activists, to amass secret files on political leaders,[2] and to collect evidence using illegal methods.[3]  Hoover transformed the FBI into his private secret police force; Truman stated that "we want no Gestapo or secret police. FBI is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex-life scandals and plain blackmail... all customers, along with location and routing data, and with the duration and frequency of the calls...via Wikipedia
to the same one bracket-edited ala Barack Obama:
[His critics] have accused him of exceeding the jurisdiction of [his office]. He used [his office] to harass political dissenters and activists, to amass secret files on political leaders,[2] and to collect evidence using illegal methods.[3] [Obama] transformed [the powers of his office] into his private secret police force; [Critics] stated that "we want no Gestapo or secret police...[this presidency] is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in ...life scandals and plain blackmail...all customers, along with location and routing data, and with the duration and frequency of the calls..."
I find it, actually, horrifying.