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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.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 04 2016, @11:57AM
well comrad trump will not be the prez for ever and
sooner or later (probably sooner) he will miss the
"direct action" world of business to the endless compromise,
half-truths and negotiations of boletiks, predict.
and now some one should remind him that any spying laws
will also affect him after leaving office.
we should assume that "career" boletiks (even if retired) are way less
affected by this then "temporary" boletiksians.
after all "temporary" boletikians have a real productive life to return to.
of course, not everything is lost for the business world,
after all it STILL is assumed that all the computer problems
in the world are because of user and hackers.
the software makers that MAKE MONEY from their product are holy angels wandering
the earth in the name of the almighty god and impossible to fault. ever!
it now even seems that the very very religious clubberment is even
willing to take over some of the "blame" by throwing away basic
rights to embrace, shoulder and BUY INTO the crap (but HOLY) software
by keeping PAYING users (which are also tax payers) in the dark (for their
own un-reproachable betterment?).
The crap (but holy) software is so good that it will lead to a better society and world!
soon the holy angels will notice that half-backed products are the salvation
and tool for the religious government to ...errr... hack a new (better) world order into place!