All day yesterday, the news was inundated with reports on the NSA "Whistleblower" and the now discovered data gathering center south of Salt Lake City in Utah. This is some big surprise? It has grown more and more as time has passed and we all knew it was happening. You cannot go anywhere now with out looking at a camera...even in the bathrooms as far as one can guess. Granted, security measures are necessary and prevents crime, terrorism and other threats that could infect society and freedom. Is the government going too far? Who knows, but there isn't a thing anyone can do about it. When a person agrees to take a job and go under contract with security clearance, it is a sign of cowardice to break that "vow" they took and leak information, regardless of how important they believe it to be. This really does endanger us all and SHOULD be a crime. The information, if true, was frightening but still does not justify breaking their vow. It is the end times maybe...or George Orwell was a prophet...I do not know. Is Big Brother watching? Probably...but why worry about it?
It can help, hurt, destroy freedom and insure freedom as well. It is, more than likely, necessary.
I was always curious as to why the government can look up a bug's butt from outer space but had no idea where Osama Bin Laden was...hmmmm.....I think not. We will never know for sure.
The fact remains that we are all being monitored and data recorded with all of our activities, be it phone calls, text messages or just basic activities online. They are storing this information, as reported or leaked or whatever, in a huge facility in Utah until they know what they want to do with this information. The upside of this is it will prevent many attacks on our freedom and capture criminals and terrorists, hopefully before they can act. The downside is they determine what is considered good or bad, a threat or not, criminal or normal and we have no control of this decision. Just how it is folks so learn to live with it.
I remember many years ago, driving in west Texas and seeing a military "hummer" driving out in the middle of nowhere all alone...then disappeared off the face of the earth. I had to chuckle and think sneaky aren't we. I have seen the convoy of trucks carrying the supposed FEMA coffins going down the road in the middle of the night and wondered where they were going.I know there is a tribulation coming and possibly even genocide one day. I still have faith in God and faith in this country though and am not really concerned what they are doing. I am proud to live here and would not want to live anywhere else, regardless of what happens. I am sure there are many things going on that we still do not know about and really do not want to know. National Security is important and leaks like this do cause damage but it is a multi-faceted world we live in. If your computer can turn on in the night for an update, why can't it turn the camera on as well and watch what you are doing? Digital television has the capability of sending and receiving , so it is possible for someone to be watching you while you are watching the TV...ok...watch away! I am positive this blog post will be recorded and saved somewhere..go ahead. I made this public for a reason for no matter what is going on... this is still the greatest country in the world and am still proud to be an American!
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