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Long Time Mass Surveillance Defenders Freak Out Now That Trump Will Have Control
The Lawfare blog, run by the Brookings Institution, has long reliably been a good source to go to for reading what defenders of mass surveillance and the surveillance state are thinking -- in a non-hysterical way. While I disagree with much of what's posted on there, it tends to be thoughtful and interesting reading. Its founder and Editor-in-Chief is Ben Wittes, who's always good for an impassioned defense of the NSA's surveillance on Americans, and was all in on forcing tech companies to break encryption. He wasn't worried, you see, because he was quite sure the NSA would never spy on him. Because, you know, he's a good guy.
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Ah, so now they're realizing why checks and balances exist? It's a bit late for that.
It is indeed. The excrement has hit the rotating device and been totally ignored.
So, I'm not the only one who smells poo? Because this shit's about the get real and nasty, real nasty shit.
Executive orders (especially those cancelling existing ones) are suddenly going to be a bad thing as well.