Nationwide Snooping System Launched In India

knwny writes "The Times of India reports that 'India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance program that will give its security agencies and even income tax officials the ability to tap directly into e-mails and phone calls without oversight by courts or parliament, several sources said.'" Adds an anonymous reader: "What's chilling is the comments from senior officials indicating that parts of the program are already live, without absolutely any discussion in public about it."

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Re:Code monkey see, code monkey do

[davester666]

Actually, yes, I would guess some of their goals have been met since 9/11.

The US has become more of a police state, with more widespread video camera surveillance and invasion of privacy of it's citizens, crazy airport security, more US resentment in the middle east through our "war on terror".

The list goes on and on.

Osama was largely successful in accomplishing his goals. We are cowering, imagining terrorists around every corner. And the US gov't is embracing it, because it has enabled them to greatly expand their power.