“Even more baffling to me is the reaction of some ‘conservatives’ who deny the scope of spying activities and, at once, minimizing the civil-liberties threat and justifying the activities as absolutely necessary and vital for the protection of the country. The truth is that the network television show ‘Person of Interest’ is much closer to reality than most people think – except for the fact that no one is actually using the mining of data to protect the lives of innocent American citizens caught in the crossfire. Let’s look at some of the hard, cold facts of today’s surveillance state.”
http://www.wnd.com/2013/06/how-bad-is-surveillance-state/
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