SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
posted by
martyb
on Sunday December 04 2016, @03:56AM
from the lets-start-the-monitoring-with-all-those-in-power dept.
from the lets-start-the-monitoring-with-all-those-in-power dept.
The FBI, National Security Agency and CIA are likely to gain expanded surveillance powers under President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress, a prospect that has privacy advocates and some lawmakers trying to mobilize opposition.
Trump's first two choices to head law enforcement and intelligence agencies -- Republican Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general and Republican Representative Mike Pompeo for director of the Central Intelligence Agency -- are leading advocates for domestic government spying at levels not seen since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Police state surveillance is only bad when the other party does it.
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
FBI and NSA Poised to Gain New Surveillance Powers
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 34 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
Life is to you a dashing and bold adventure.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 04 2016, @10:24AM
You're probably more wanted in the Handheld Tesla Coil Gun thread where you can thump your chest at your accomplishments at what you choose not to believe, and how superior you are especially in relation to a rocket scientist taking the time to educate people.
Given a choice between that or you, I'll take the Christian every day.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 04 2016, @03:30PM
Believe what you want, no problem here. But please realize a not insignificant portion of Christians do go in for the doomsday / kill the heretics type stuff. If you can't see how religious institutions manipulate people into doing evil (historically, and not all of them) then you need to do some reading!!!
With the anti-muslim rhetoric of the GOP backed by religious leaders I can totally imagine a slow slide into horror. Its an uncomfortable fact I'm sure that this wouldn't be so easy with a bunch of atheists, they won't sit down and listen to authority figures tell them what to think every week. This isn't meant as a personal dig, lots of religious centers are great.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday December 06 2016, @11:53AM
People who believe, but believe because they have thought it out themselves and have never been to church or been influenced by others, sure.
If they've been to church and have had that organisations teams than to them, no.
Religion is fine: ORGANISED religion is death. Just ask anyone who has been persecuted, tortured, raped, etc by ORGANISED religion. ORGANISED religion is DEATH.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday December 06 2016, @12:38PM
Wow, autocorrect sucks
"Have had that organisations teachings taught to them, no."
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---