“Verizon and other carriers are forbidden by law from revealing the court order. A secret court, such as the FISA court – under which this order was issued – isn’t really a court in the Western sense: it is a star chamber affair, a formality that rubber-stamps whatever our rulers desire at the moment. In what sense is the United States a ‘free’ country, let alone the leader of the ‘Free World’? Sure, we have elections: so does Iran. Yes, we have a ‘free’ press, but what happens when sources are afraid of talking to reporters? With a massive database that may even be tracking our location, America’s political class is making itself invulnerable to any challenge.”
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2013/06/06/police-state-progressivism/
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