US government has been reading emails, chats etc

[no1brownsfan]

Originally Posted by Kracer

What happens when the feds trip on a crime other than terrorism?
Will they walk away or will the database become a source for domestic crime?

What ethics will be in place?

Don't be surprised if the term 'terrorist' and terrorism' get a new and broader 'legal' definition to include major and minor crimes.

We are just a flip of the switch from a totalitarian state and the behavior of the Obama administration is a cause for concern and legal action.

I didn't vote for Obama, but I think the wheels to being a flip of a switch from a totalitarian state were set and have been in motion for quite some time now.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by no1brownsfan

I didn't vote for Obama, but I think the wheels to being a flip of a switch from a totalitarian state were set and have been in motion for quite some time now.

It takes time for incremental creep to become visible.
We've had over 10 years of the Patriot Act being in effect.
And with so much of it being secret, one doesn't really know what's going on.
MRAPS & drones on US soil, militarization of the local police, secret spying on Americans.


Repeal of Glass-Steagall took 10 years to come to a head with Wall Street crashing.
The effects of NCLB took 10 years to show the obvious decline of education when compared globally.