NSA whistleblowers: Government spying on every single American
Published: 25 July, 2012, 01:55
The TSA, DHS and countless other security agencies have been established to keep America safe from terrorist attacks in post-9/11 America. How far beyond that does the feds’ reach really go, though?
The attacks September 11, 2001, were instrumental in enabling the US government to establish counterterrorism agencies to prevent future tragedies. Some officials say that they haven’t stopped there, though, and are spying on everyone in America — all in the name of national security.
Testimonies delivered in recent weeks by former employees of the National Security Agency suggest that the US government is granting itself surveillance powers far beyond what most Americans consider the proper role of the federal government.
Security is very important – It’s important that internal spying takes place – if you are innocently communicating electronically with family and friends you have nothing to worry about – but if you are planning something against the American people, no matter where you are, it is important that there be surveillance on a national level.
The risk to the American people is as high, if not higher, than it was prior to 9/11 and as we have seen with the recent murder of a number of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, terrorists can reach far and wide. We all know that there are certain buzz words that people use that are red flagged for investigation, with close to 95% of them being deemed innocent but what about the remaining 5% – what happens if there are further attacks here in the States and we find out that everything in the power of the government was not done to prevent them? Who gets the blame??? The CIA, NSA, FBI, everybody really.
Spying on those that offer a clear threat is very important and there is nothing racist about it. The Mosques, meeting places of Muslims and those that pose a religious danger to the well-being of the US need to be kept under surveillance. It is sad that this is a fact, but without keeping up the surveillance we are opening the doors to a lot of trouble.
The Irish communities were kept under surveillance during the troubles in Northern Ireland. Huge amounts of American money found its way back to the Irish terrorists that enabled them to buy weapons from Libya, the former Soviet Union, Iran and other locations where they could go on a cheap shopping spree – American money caused untold death and destruction in Ireland and the UK.
So we all need to wake up, realize the dangers that we now face and come to terms with the fact that our world has changed, that the US is not the US of 20 years ago, even 10 years ago – there are new capabilities available for people to attack us, and ruin the lives of many innocent Americans.