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FBI Admits More Privacy Violations
kwietman writes "The FBI admitted that in 2006, for the fourth straight year, they improperly accessed phone and internet records of U.S. citizens. Director Robert Mueller testified that the abuses occurred prior to sweeping reforms enacted in 2007, and actually blamed the breaches in part on the telecommunications companies, who submitted more information than was requested. In another unsurprising development, the FBI also underreported the number of security letters - used to authorize wiretaps and to subpoena internet and telecom records - by over 4,600. The use of these letters to identify potential terrorists has, according to the government audit, increased dramatically since the implementation of the Patriot Act. Over 1,000 of these security letters were found to be improper in 2005, and similar numbers were expected for 2006 and 2007."
Why don't we ever see comments like yours in the cuba "sneakernet" article ? Or where they point out that radios in north korea can only receive one station ? Or the random arrests in kuwait ? Or the killing of aids patients by the police in egypt ? Or the banning of 128k+ internet speeds as being un-islamic in iran ? About the decision of the oic to not respect human rights in any of their countries (only turkey voted against btw, not that they respect human rights ...) ?
... actually I don't. You just only pick on guys that are guaranteed never to say anything back or hurt you. You are a coward, "making a stand" without risk.
One wonders
What you're doing is not brave, it's not revolutionary, and it's not even moral at all. It's cowardice.
Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul. That seems to be the correct answer to all these issues that keep popping up.
And yet he's viewed as a kook. What's that you're saying now? It's a damn shame he doesn't have Reagan's charisma, because it would be a tremendous step in the right direction if Ron Paul could sit in the Oval Office for a few years.
Since he obviously won't win, then the next best thing you can do is write to your representative and senators *with snail mail* and voice your support for RP's ideals. Yeah, it probably won't help much, but at least it will make them paranoid. Perhaps they'll infringe your rights less just so they can save their own skin down the line when the shit hits the fan.
And that sounds just like Ron Paul's entire platform.
If I have nothing to hide, don't search me