"most of it was built during the Cold War for the purposes of winning that conflict. [...] prosecutors and investigators at all levels have a professional interest in wider surveillance, and long before 9/11 they were fishing for pretexts that might reward them with Patriot Act-like powers. [...] After 9/11, who was going to say no? Who would dare even question the expansion of domestic surveillance and police powers? [...] A dozen years later, a great many Americans would like to have the debate that wasn’t heard in 2001 [...] But how do you debate a deep-secret state after the fact while respecting its secrecy? There’s no lawful way to do it."
Posted on: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:10:18 +0000
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