Barack and I have been disagreeing a lot lately, and this Edward Snowden NSA disaster isn't helping our relationship. Mr. Snowden leaked very sensitive government secrets, then took off to Hong Kong in an effort to avoid prosecution. Today, the USA officially charged him with espionage.
We have also learned recently that the US government has been monitoring our cell phone metadata, (a word that politicians are using a lot right now, and I'm positive none of them know what it really means), tracking our call logs, dates and times, and the numbers we are contacting. They have also been stealing our information and online activity from big internet companies like Facebook, Yahoo, Verizon, Apple, and Microsoft.
However, when asked about this, instead of feeling shame, the NSA almost beamed with pride. "If you have done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about," the same bullshit every country hears when it is discovered that their government is secretly spying on them.
Here is my question then, if the NSA's response to our outrage of privacy invasion is, if you aren't breaking any laws, then you have nothing to worry about, then why are you charging Snowden with espionage? He revealed information that he thought looked suspicious, now you are freaking out and trying so desperately to catch this guy. If you have done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about.
Right?
Testing comment box, seems to be giving people some trouble. Please email me if you experience this as well.
ReplyDelete