Say NO to Big Bro!

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  1. Jane Crabill says:

    I don’t see it as 100% one direction or the other. When I worked overseas there was racial tension at an American Army post between African American and Caucasian soldiers. A group of African American soldiers came to the library looking for books on building explosive devices. Some of them had been involved in a dining facility brawl a few days before. Do I keep my mouth shut and have it on my conscience if a building is blown up and some of our soldiers are killed? I chose to report their inquiry although I knew it was against librarian ethical code. The soldiers were transfered to other posts where they were less likely to act as a group against another group. I don’t like the Patriot Act and was upset when it first became law but I’m not totally against what the NSA is trying to do. Perhaps as some say, targeting suspects needs to be refined to be more effective.

    • Regina says:

      Wow, Jane, thought-provoking points! How did you know the soldiers that came to the library were the ones involved in the brawl? I would hope that I would have the courage to do the same, i.e., protect people and bring bad guys to justice.

      When the Patriot Act first came out, I didn’t think it was any big deal, especially because it was originally set up to expire. However, since its “renewal”, government has ballooned. There now seems to be no true accountability of where the surveillance begins and ends. Citizens can’t prove that they’re being watched or targeted because everything is classified. There seems to be no particular remorse on the part of U.S. gov’t for taking a nibble out of civil liberties, which I find alarming! Do we really think they’re ONLY tracking phone numbers and internet sites versus the CONTENT?

      Considering that Russia warned us about the Boston Bombers and they were, in fact, on welfare, I agree that targeting specific subjects… or maybe tracking and using records that are already in place, might get better results!