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Snowdens exposure of how the US government violates human liberties worldwide have raised many questions about the legitimacy of such actions. There seem to be little apologies ahead, but a battle for justification.
Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States, stated his opinion of how civil liberties and freedom is worth sacrificing for security.
Dick Cheney Full Interview w/ Chris Wallace Fox News Sunday: Edward Snowden a 'Traitor' - 6/16/13 - YouTube
When asked if intercepting and gathering phone call information is intruding on citizens private information, Cheney swiftly replied that he does not believe doing so is an intrusion. Cheney explained how information collected of telephone users are merely business records of the telephone companies.
Although he claims that the decision of listing private phone call information as business records is justified by the Supreme Court, it may be an appalling explanation for a person of his caliber; this is considering that he have been an important and decisive figure in the United States Government during the whole of the Bush Jr. administration.
During the interview, Cheney was also asked why such programs are kept secret from the American public, having concerns that the liberties and freedoms of the American public will be put at stake. Cheney replied that he have he have problems with that concern. He said revealing sources and methods make surveillance programs significantly less affective because it reveals not just to the American people, but the enemies.
Cheneys reply have posed significant questions which many Americans may be interested in knowing. It begins with whether the treats to national security actually exist? Is it a paper tiger in which they are fighting? Although the attacks of 9/11 shall remain a strong reminder that America is under threat from certain foreigners, it happened more than a decade ago. Since then, the introduction of the Patriot Act and empowerment of government surveillance programs have battered the liberties and freedoms of Americans.
American tax payers are paying for a government which violates their privacy without consent. What is more frightening is that the threat of which the surveillance programs are supposed to repel, are by enlarge created by American foreign policies. Anti-American groups around the world are largely victims of American intervention overseas, especially military interventions. American tax payers find themselves paying for the military which causes anti-American movements around the globe, and later having to pay for the national surveillance which replaces their liberties with security.
Somehow, the US government seems to be on the road of getting away with it. Without much sign of apology and regret, the US government continues the verbal debate with their citizens and the rest of the world about how their surveillance was legitimate.
Source: FNOTW: Is surveillance justifiable?
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Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States, stated his opinion of how civil liberties and freedom is worth sacrificing for security.
Dick Cheney Full Interview w/ Chris Wallace Fox News Sunday: Edward Snowden a 'Traitor' - 6/16/13 - YouTube
When asked if intercepting and gathering phone call information is intruding on citizens private information, Cheney swiftly replied that he does not believe doing so is an intrusion. Cheney explained how information collected of telephone users are merely business records of the telephone companies.
Although he claims that the decision of listing private phone call information as business records is justified by the Supreme Court, it may be an appalling explanation for a person of his caliber; this is considering that he have been an important and decisive figure in the United States Government during the whole of the Bush Jr. administration.
During the interview, Cheney was also asked why such programs are kept secret from the American public, having concerns that the liberties and freedoms of the American public will be put at stake. Cheney replied that he have he have problems with that concern. He said revealing sources and methods make surveillance programs significantly less affective because it reveals not just to the American people, but the enemies.
Cheneys reply have posed significant questions which many Americans may be interested in knowing. It begins with whether the treats to national security actually exist? Is it a paper tiger in which they are fighting? Although the attacks of 9/11 shall remain a strong reminder that America is under threat from certain foreigners, it happened more than a decade ago. Since then, the introduction of the Patriot Act and empowerment of government surveillance programs have battered the liberties and freedoms of Americans.
American tax payers are paying for a government which violates their privacy without consent. What is more frightening is that the threat of which the surveillance programs are supposed to repel, are by enlarge created by American foreign policies. Anti-American groups around the world are largely victims of American intervention overseas, especially military interventions. American tax payers find themselves paying for the military which causes anti-American movements around the globe, and later having to pay for the national surveillance which replaces their liberties with security.
Somehow, the US government seems to be on the road of getting away with it. Without much sign of apology and regret, the US government continues the verbal debate with their citizens and the rest of the world about how their surveillance was legitimate.
Source: FNOTW: Is surveillance justifiable?
post with the approval of the author
but you ask the question to a wrong one 
and I am cool with that 
but yeah I can imagine about how dangerous it is because I was in many Asian countries especially China and Hongkong which are considered as never sleep cities. 
