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What the Surveillance State Does With Your Private Data

Lasrick writes "Conor Friedersdorf at the Atlantic writes up a new report (and infographic) from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School. 'What the Government Does With Americans' Data' is the best single attempt I've seen to explain all of the ways that surveillance professionals are collecting, storing, and disseminating private data on U.S. citizens. The report's text and helpful flow-chart illustrations run to roughly 50 pages. Unless you're already one of America's foremost experts on these subjects, it is virtually impossible to read this synthesis without coming away better informed.."

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  1. Re:So let's give this government MORE money!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Go live in Somalia then! There's no government to spy on you there! All you people who want to keep your civil rights safe from the government should go live in Somalia.

  2. Re:So let's give this government MORE money!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Go live in Somalia then! There's no government to spy on you there! All you people who want to keep your civil rights safe from the government should go live in Somalia.

    That's the best you can do? An utterly pathetic straw man?

    Jesus Fucking Christ, that's a Thalidomide straw man it's so lame.

    I bet you voted for Obama, too. If you could find your polling place, that is. Because I bet you can't find your ass with one hand. Please don't walk and chew gum at the same time. That blockhead of a skull could break something when you trip.

    Ladies and gentlemen, meet Obama's base. Scary, ain't it?