National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is drawing up plans for cyberspace spying that would make the current debate on warrantless wiretaps look like a "walk in the park," according to an interview published in the New Yorker's print edition today.
Debate on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act “will be a walk in the park compared to this,” McConnell said. “this is going to be a goat rope on the Hill. My prediction is that we’re going to screw around with this until something horrendous happens.”
I don't think politicians have "gotten it" yet. While I can understand wanting to maintain the ability to track down those who want to harm us, but by doing a blanket eavesdropping on everyone in America, they are breaking a Constitutional right: The right to not have unreasonable search and seizure. I don't think that they have thought this through thoroughly enough. AT&T is going on a downward slope as well as now that I know they have no problem breaking the trust of their customers and allowing the government to come in whenever they want and get access to their networks, I won't use them. There have been a ton of times where I've been in need of AT&T's services, but I ended up going to other companies who balked at the government's request for information (Qwest if you must know).
I've gone to encryption in my emails and web browsing. I've began using Tor and other anonymizing services. Why? I certainly don't have anything to hide, but it's MY PRIVACY that's at stake. I've been very open about who I am and what I believe on this site. I've told people on here my inner most thoughts and feelings about world events, but it's certainly no one's business what my sexual preferences are (my wife has this nice pair of blue panties she wears....), what my religious beliefs are (My aunt used to take me to church all the time, but I've waned and am not very religious anymore), or anything else about me.
When a company asks you for your personal information, don't give it to them if you don't want. Don't give the cashier at Best Buy your home address or phone number. Tell them NO! They have the right not to do business with you, but your privacy is a fundamental right that you have and you should not give it up easily.
There is a reason why the Constitution says that you have the right not to be subjected to "unreasonable search and seizure", yet we are witnessing it all the time and no one is doing a thing about it.
They know that they broke Federal law and yet they did it anyways. Now they know they are about to have a major lawsuit to pay off.
The point isn't to let terrorist go free. The point is to keep honest, law abiding American citizens from losing their rights that they enjoy under the Constitution.
Those who trade liberty for security deserve neither.
Travis
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