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George Orwell was clairvoyant. He was just off by about a hundred years. This is the most frightening news I've seen in a long time.
I admit, even knowing that no politician willingly forfeits vested power, that I had harbored a fool's hope Obama would reject this sort of expansion. Sad to be so wrong.
[Via Avedon who has so many must read links right now that I should have just copied her posts and pasted them here so you don't miss any of them.]
Prepare yourself for the next stage in the enactment of Total Information Awareness. The Obama administration is in the process of enacting a “mass surveillance state.” Raw Story reports that the FBI is working on “an advanced biometrics facility” that will also be used by the Pentagon.I gave up on the notion of privacy and flying under the radar in about 2003 when I finally bought my own computer. I realized at that point, even if you only have a checking account, the government can track you and the only way to get off the grid is to live in a cave in the wilderness. But this program takes surveillance to a truly Orwellian level.
I admit, even knowing that no politician willingly forfeits vested power, that I had harbored a fool's hope Obama would reject this sort of expansion. Sad to be so wrong.
[Via Avedon who has so many must read links right now that I should have just copied her posts and pasted them here so you don't miss any of them.]
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