In the wake of revelations that the IRS was used as a thuggish enforcement arm of the Obama campaign come further allegations of snooping by the NSA. Suddenly we all feel we have a creepy stalker. George Orwell’s foretold world of an all-intrusive government is upon us.
Our freedoms have not been lost quickly or in war, but via the creeping incrementalism of government.
After the IRS persecuted opponents of the president, we are somehow to believe that he wouldn’t use the National Security Agency’s phone-tapping capacity against his political enemies?
To be fair, this initially started with George W. Bush, but he never used it for political dirty tricks. I have supported repeal of the Patriot Act for 10 years. Like any government power, it will eventually be abused.
Alarmed by Gitmo, Patriot Act aggressions, drone strikes, intractable wars, etc., even MSNBC is voicing concern about the direction of George W. Bush’s fourth term.