What the New NSA Docs Show: How They Lied to Us, and a Lot More

[DirkGently]

6. It's way to big to be about "terrorism."

At the very, very least, this volume of information is intended in part of U.S. domestic law enforcement. Recent reports now indicate that foreign *economic spying* is also an application.

We need to hack this system off at the knees. The Patriot Act must go. The revisions to FISA being relied upon need to be thoroughly, publicly vetted and scaled back to something that might reasonably resemble actual national defense.

This is what happens when power is wielded in the dark. The driving force is never about the common good. It's to increase political and economic advantage for those with access to it.

Republicans keep talking about all the things we can't afford anymore, like healthcare and unemployment benefits and the mail.

Money drives this thing. We need to turn off the spigot NOW and worry about rebuilding whatever might actually be needed LATER.