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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit: Things in the Memo on the Killing of Americans ... [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)of ACLU's revelations of what this means to American Citizens who have friends, relatives or other connections Abroad... And, what it might mean to you ...in your own hometown when you might belong to a "group" that comes under some kind of surveillance for whatever reason...because one member of the group was found to have some problem with the Government in his e-mails, FaceBook Posts or whatever group he belonged to ...maybe even on a Gaming Site, Porn Site, Sports Site or any other Online or Community or Religious related activities. Wherever you are you are monitored these days and if you happen to be amonst a targeted group because one or more members just happen to have some interaction with some distant association with some group designated on the USA WATCH LIST...then YOU and all your associations come under the umbrella of "Possible Terrorists," if even only one person is considered suspect and monitored for phone or internet.
This is how far this goes. And, that's only the "White Paper" leak of the legal justification that was used to target US Citizens here and abroad. We haven't seen what the Obama Administration is REALLY DOING...because they won't release it. This "White Paper Memo" was Legal Justification leaked to "Newsweek"....for some purpose, which remains to be seen but, it was enough of a concern that someone in our Congress thought it important enough to be a LEAKER to get it out there to the public.