Sadly, it is confirmed. The American people now tacitly support and fund an oppressive state apparatus the like of which was first described by George Orwell in his prophetic novel NINETEEN EIGHTYFOUR. America's government is the beast Orwell warned us of - until now just a catch phrase or just as often a metaphor of a Dystopian future - "BIG BROTHER". And as such, America now constitutes an active threat to precious civil liberties in EVERY COUNTRY on this planet. They have forgotten that without genuine PRIVACY, Freedom is a meaningless slogan.
I am stunned to have lived to see such a dark era unfolding, and for the first time in my life I begin to fear Americans. I was one of those who who cheered for America, since the Viet Nam and Apollo era. I wept for America and Americans after the 9/11 attacks. Now I fear them, and I finally understand why so many others have. Canada is no haven against what the NSA-CIA-FBI-WhiteHouse are perpetrating with impunity. Our "lesser" governments cannot stand up to America's aggressive culture and politics. We all just got the bulletin. "America is at large, self righteous, paranoid, armed and dangerous."
"We will leave no cigarette butt behind!"
The morning after Edward Snowden stepped out of the shadows and voluntarily identified himself as the whistleblower who CONFIRMED what we already suspected, but couldn't prove - (the U.S. Intelligence agencies are a rogue Frankenstein monster - the only apt metaphor) - I tuned into network news to sample the official response. FOX was not asking "Is it true?" Their question was "Is it effective?' I listened to only two interviews before turning off the big screen, in disgust. In one self righteous statement, a former NSA Director [Gen. Michael Hayden] admitted it was all TRUE, but John Q. Public shouldn't worry, because the NSA's only target is "America's Enemies". Blather simplified - The sheeple have nothing to fear, because the shepherd is only hunting wolves. He would never kill critters in his own fluffy flock. After all, the shepherd devotes his life to their welfare .... not the meat business.
I am stunned to have lived to see such a dark era unfolding, and for the first time in my life I begin to fear Americans. I was one of those who who cheered for America, since the Viet Nam and Apollo era. I wept for America and Americans after the 9/11 attacks. Now I fear them, and I finally understand why so many others have. Canada is no haven against what the NSA-CIA-FBI-WhiteHouse are perpetrating with impunity. Our "lesser" governments cannot stand up to America's aggressive culture and politics. We all just got the bulletin. "America is at large, self righteous, paranoid, armed and dangerous."
"We will leave no cigarette butt behind!"
The morning after Edward Snowden stepped out of the shadows and voluntarily identified himself as the whistleblower who CONFIRMED what we already suspected, but couldn't prove - (the U.S. Intelligence agencies are a rogue Frankenstein monster - the only apt metaphor) - I tuned into network news to sample the official response. FOX was not asking "Is it true?" Their question was "Is it effective?' I listened to only two interviews before turning off the big screen, in disgust. In one self righteous statement, a former NSA Director [Gen. Michael Hayden] admitted it was all TRUE, but John Q. Public shouldn't worry, because the NSA's only target is "America's Enemies". Blather simplified - The sheeple have nothing to fear, because the shepherd is only hunting wolves. He would never kill critters in his own fluffy flock. After all, the shepherd devotes his life to their welfare .... not the meat business.
Michael Hayden - the Generalist. "We will leave no cigarette butt behind."
The second interviewee, a Republican Senator no less, [Ron Johnson] blathered on about privacy being a "non-partisan issue", he farted... or maybe it was just a dramatic pause, and then started droning on about the same horse-shit ... "America's Enemies" and the need for powerful tools to catch the bad guys. And the Republican's claim to in opposition to the current regime?? Bullshit. The Republicans are just waiting their turn to govern and to surveil the American people.
So folks... we now have official confirmation: In the U.S.A. PRIVACY IS NOT A FREEDOM. PRIVACY IS A PRIVILEGE and that privilege has been rescinded by the American Financial-Political elites. Rescinded Permanently. The social policy wonks have always alleged that poverty reduction would eliminate violence and class hatred in America. In the 21st Century the underclass and the middle class will be monitored and controlled by the elites, and resistance to digital oppression will be spectacular and very unpredictable.
Since it was THE GUARDIAN which broke this story, and not one of the self important American news agencies, you should follow the GUARDIAN as their story unfolds. To read the initial report, click on - THE WHISTLEBLOWER BEHIND REVELATIONS OF NSA SURVEILLANCE. You should also watch Edward Snowden's interview in its entirety, not chopped up for the butcher's hook - as it was done by CNN yesterday. PRISM WHISTLEBLOWER. Don't let the news flak-crews tell you what he said, as they in fact shoot him down for the Administration. Give the man his due, and listen to what he has to say. We can only hope that BIG BROTHER doesn't have Mr. Snowden killed.
"TURN-KEY TYRANNY"
China has a hero who symbolizes unarmed resistance against state oppression - "Tank Man".
Now America has Edward Snowden. But methinks they're just too stupid to understand the lesson he is sacrificing his life to offer them. And Mr. Snowden's greatest fear? That in a few weeks time, after all the headlines have been deleted from the news websites, "Nothing will change." The reality of American Global Surveillance will be, he says, "turn-key tyranny" at home. The last two minutes of the Snowden interview are KEY to his message. Listen to what the man has to say. And if you have any sense, start boycotting their control technologies.
THE ENABLERS
Contrary to the childish musings of sycophantic scrunts like CNN's Wolf Blitzer, (who when told by a CNN sniffer that Mr. Snowden had donated $500 to the Ron Paul campaign, looked into the camera and expressed disbelief - "scary stuff"). Snowden has released no details whatsoever on specific government crimes, though his head is stuffed to bursting with details on specifics. What he has released are further details of the extent of PRISM capabilities (already detailed on the CRYPTOME website) and shown us screenshots of from a Powerpoint presentation which implicates just about every important U.S. software, Internet and Telecoms provider. Your PCs, phones, TVs, Fax machines, onboard GPS units .... hell maybe even your game console, are all being used to keep you and your children under surveillance - 24/7. How? Well the U.S. government has installed stand alone servers and data storage inside the premises of cooperative corporations. The equipment diverts the data stream to Federal storage facilities, where it is permanently archived and will reside long after some of these corporations have gone out of business. The Feds can claim they are not tapping directly into privately owned data streams, and the corporations get to promise (fingers crossed) the gullible public that they do not assist in Federal/State/Local spying on the innocent population.
This screen details the complicity of the Internet Service Providers who relay ALL details about their customers to NSA on a daily basis, and who consistently issue lying press releases which do nothing to cover their tracks.
"TURN-KEY TYRANNY"
China has a hero who symbolizes unarmed resistance against state oppression - "Tank Man".
Now America has Edward Snowden. But methinks they're just too stupid to understand the lesson he is sacrificing his life to offer them. And Mr. Snowden's greatest fear? That in a few weeks time, after all the headlines have been deleted from the news websites, "Nothing will change." The reality of American Global Surveillance will be, he says, "turn-key tyranny" at home. The last two minutes of the Snowden interview are KEY to his message. Listen to what the man has to say. And if you have any sense, start boycotting their control technologies.
THE ENABLERS
Contrary to the childish musings of sycophantic scrunts like CNN's Wolf Blitzer, (who when told by a CNN sniffer that Mr. Snowden had donated $500 to the Ron Paul campaign, looked into the camera and expressed disbelief - "scary stuff"). Snowden has released no details whatsoever on specific government crimes, though his head is stuffed to bursting with details on specifics. What he has released are further details of the extent of PRISM capabilities (already detailed on the CRYPTOME website) and shown us screenshots of from a Powerpoint presentation which implicates just about every important U.S. software, Internet and Telecoms provider. Your PCs, phones, TVs, Fax machines, onboard GPS units .... hell maybe even your game console, are all being used to keep you and your children under surveillance - 24/7. How? Well the U.S. government has installed stand alone servers and data storage inside the premises of cooperative corporations. The equipment diverts the data stream to Federal storage facilities, where it is permanently archived and will reside long after some of these corporations have gone out of business. The Feds can claim they are not tapping directly into privately owned data streams, and the corporations get to promise (fingers crossed) the gullible public that they do not assist in Federal/State/Local spying on the innocent population.
This screen details the complicity of the Internet Service Providers who relay ALL details about their customers to NSA on a daily basis, and who consistently issue lying press releases which do nothing to cover their tracks.
And finally a screenshot (below) which lists some of the corporations which spy on the World's citizens at the behest of the United States government. They include Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, You Tube Skype, AOL, Apple and many more. These screenshots are the only physical evidence (so far) that Mr. Snowden has crossed his employers as they clearly read "NOFORN" - NO FOREIGN NATIONALS. The Brits working at The Guardian newspaper are "foreign". As a Canadian, I have always considered Americans to be my cousins. Their culture was my culture. Unfortunately, they are looking more and more "foreign" to me every day. It is time the Canadian government (if it still capable of thinking in terms of National Sovereignty) started to take concrete measures to protect us from the contagion of U.S. paranoia and U.S. vindictiveness. We should start by making Edward Snowden an Honourary Citizen of Canada. I so nominate.
Mr. Snowden distributed 41 explanatory screenshots, but only a half dozen were published. The response over the past 48 hours shows us the media are completely cowed.
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