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Bringing Echelon In From the Cold

Posted by timothy on from the they-admitted-to-the-nsa-after-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "UPI columnist James C. Bennett says that governments are going to spy no matter what. So he suggests that it would be better to admit that Echelon exists, and formulate some reasonable guidelines on such spying, than to pretend that it doesn't and let governments go about their business without any scrutiny. Interesting suggestion. But who will watch those watchers? And who will watch them? "

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  1. In The End by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It will ultimately come down to the public being the watchers.

  2. OK, Parse This. by istartedi · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Big Brother is watching you watching Big Brother watch you watch Big Brother watching you.

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    For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?