“Greetings my brethren,

I am pleased to report that Operation Saladin will be implemented in 14 days and our enemies across the water will suffer such a blow that what they call 9/11 will seem to them like a ride on a camel in comparison.

Yusuf and his team in Seattle are ready and could implement their part of Saladin now if called upon.

Ali has reported some difficulty in getting the sherbet in position at the oil refineries but he has recently found security guards who will turn a blind eye in return for baksheesh. Not that they will live to enjoy it.

Iqbal has completed his installation at ten major power stations and has another three to go. He is on schedule.

May Allah shower his blessings upon these brave men. The infidels will be so smitten that they will be unable to recover.

Mohamet”

All the above is a complete piece of fiction. My point is that the FISA amendment is now law. Okay, I know it is for foreign surveillance but once you have access to the exchanges and servers you have access to everything. The security services are able to monitor and intercept all and any email, sms and telephone conversation that they wish.

Presumably nonsense like that above is the kind of thing they are looking for. But now there is nothing to prevent them from getting inside information on the stock market, knowing what horse will be trying in what race and they will know that your sweet wife is screwing some guy down the street long before you find out.

It isn’t only America. Most of Western Europe has similar legislation. Eastern Europe long ago perfected the noble art of surveillance, or spying upon its own people.

All harmless enough and for our own good you may think, but even that fine upstanding drag queen, J. Edgar wasn’t above a spot of discreet blackmail from time to time. And he had the dirt on everyone who mattered. Now the security forces have it even on those of us who don’t matter. Heck! They could know if you jacked off in the shower this morning.

The question is: do they really need to know that? And how long before the abuse starts? My guess is that it has started already.

Kortpeel

Am also more than a little frightened by the current trends - led by "freedom loving" government clerks of the USA... That kind of patronizing approach to citizens, getting them to trade "privacy and freedom" for "security" is very very dangerous. The major risk, in my opinion, is that civic liberties will continue to slowly and almost unnoticeably disappear till we're all living in a totalitarian nightmare. Now is the time for all of us to voice our opinions, whilst we still can without being jailed for it. Down with fascism, down with trading freedom for security, down with totalitarianism!

Of course, on a lighter note, I really don't mind if some CIA guy was watching me wank in the shower this morning. That actually kind of turns me on. lol

justpaul (imported) wrote: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:12 am Am also more than a little frightened by the current trends - led by "freedom loving" government clerks of the USA... That kind of patronizing approach to citizens, getting them to trade "privacy and freedom" for "security" is very very dangerous. The major risk, in my opinion, is that civic liberties will continue to slowly and almost unnoticeably disappear till we're all living in a totalitarian nightmare. Now is the time for all of us to voice our opinions, whilst we still can without being jailed for it. Down with fascism, down with trading freedom for security, down with totalitarianism!

Of course, on a lighter note, I really don't mind if some CIA guy was watching me wank in the shower this morning. That actually kind of turns me on. lol

I prefer some C.I.A. gal watching me in the shower.

Dammit, I guess I'll have to take the guardian eunuchs' cell phones away from them and shut off their Internet. God only knows what they're telling the spies!

Big Brother is definitely there and listening. I cannot tell you how I know this - just that it is true. IN the US it is the DoD (NSA) that does the monitoring along with the FBI. In Great Britain it is GCHQ. Most other countries have similar organizations. Most of this activity is aimed at detecting terrorism, however, there are numerous "watchdog" groups who monitor the Internet for pornography.

Kangan (imported) wrote: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:25 am Big Brother is definitely there and listening. I cannot tell you how I know this - just that it is true. IN the US it is the DoD (NSA) that does the monitoring along with the FBI. In Great Britain it is GCHQ. Most other countries have similar organizations. Most of this activity is aimed at detecting terrorism, however, there are numerous "watchdog" groups who monitor the Internet for pornography.

As long as they monitor the Republican Party, let them do it.