One of the consequences of the expose by Edward Snowden of the NSA PRISM mass surveillance programme is that sales of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell have soared.
What we have seen is Big Brother writ large.
Published in 1949, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a chilling account of the future, where everything we do is monitored by Big Brother. Nothing we do escapes the attention of Big Brother, and if we err and incur the displeasure, we will be exposed and destroyed.
Revelation of PRISM has caused a huge backlash in the US, but this is nothing compared with the outrage across Europe.
There has also been some brutal attacks, calling Edward Snowden a traitor and worse. One rabid politician practically foaming at the mouth has called for all journalists associated with Edward Snowden to be prosecuted.
But these are the exceptions.
There are calls for hearings, investigations, for James Clapper National Director Intelligence to be prosecuted, questions are being asked how did PRISM come about.
DNI James Clapper appears to have lied to Congress in previous testimony, hence the calls for him to be prosecuted, and if he lied about PRISM, what else did he lie about?
Back at an open Congressional hearing on 12 March, Sen Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked Clapper, “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” Clapper replied, “No sir … not wittingly.” As we all now know, he was lying.
Nor was this a spontaneous lie or a lie he regretted making. Sen Ron Wyden revealed in a recent statement that he’d given Clapper advance notice that he would ask the question and that, after the hearing, he offered Clapper a chance to revise his answer. Clapper didn’t take the offer.
Speaking once PRISM was exposed, James Clapper comes across as a bumbling buffoon, a complete moron. How did this idiot ever get appointed as Director of National Intelligence?
One of the biggest lies peddled by Clapper is that mass surveillance deals with terrorism.
One of the least threats facing us is terrorism, but it is used a bogey man to clamp down on civil liberties, to infiltrate and disrupt democratic challenges to the status quo. We deal with terrorism, by addressing the causes. We track down terrorists, use good old fashioned police work. Maybe US should look to its drone attacks.
- George Orwell’s ‘1984’ Sales Skyrocket in Wake of NSA Spying Scandal
- Edward Snowden: Saving us from the United Stasi of America
- Public Documents Contradict Claim Email Spying Foiled Terror Plot
- NSA Scandal Sends Sales of George Orwell’s ‘1984’ Soaring on Amazon
- Why you should worry about the NSA
- European Parliament Up In Arms Over PRISM
- The Vain Media Cynics of the NSA Story
- Wyden Statement Responding to Director Clapper’s Statements About Collection on Americans
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