so congress is debating privacy right now, and it's interesting in that big brother, 'two minutes hate' kind of way. you can read more in an associated press article on cnn's site. while you're there check out the part about AT and T diverting and copying every e-mail, internet site, and call made on the company's lines directly into a government supercomputer. wow, this company isn't joking when oasis sings, "all around the world, we're going to spread the word" in its commercials.there a very telling quote in the associated press article from a senior staff lawyer with the electronic frontier foundation (a group that defends privacy and online free speech - the same group at the heart of the lawsuit that has prompted the discussion on privacy in congress): "The government has tremendous power: the police power, the ability to arrest, to detain, to take away rights. Tying together that someone has spoken out on an issue with their identity is a far more dangerous thing if it is the government that is trying to tie it together."
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As long as they don't get a chip in my head; I am free.
Did you see the segment on Countdown w/Keith Olbermann where the guy that worked at AT&T came forward to tell about what was going on with this? After he retired from AT&T, he came forward about AN ACTUAL ROOM that was constructed at the headquarters that EVERY FUCKING call diverted to. They had basically a "catch all" system. They had to install shit all over the office to split all the info into the NSA room at AT&T, so he basically proved that not only are they checking 'some' calls, but all. There was no way to select only international, or even shady, calls. The screened all of them. The fact that they actually set up shop at a telecom company freaks me out much more than the initial reports on in.
Anyway, if you don't watch Countdown, you better start. That's where it's at son. Like, the shit you used to only be able to find out from Indy Media, it's all on MSNBC now, thanks to Keith Olbermann.
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