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NSA data-mining: Not doing anything wrong doesn’t protect you

June 14, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Government, History, Human Rights, Obama, Privacy/surveillance Leave a comment

I’m trying to sort out my thoughts and feelings about the recently revealed NSA data dragnet, in which millions of Americans’ phone and internet

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The U.S. government is spying on you

March 21, 2012 Madonna Gauding Civil Rights, Privacy/surveillance 2 comments

The former NSA official held his thumb and forefinger close together: “We are that far from a turnkey totalitarian state.” —James Bamford, Wired  James Bamford,

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