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Yeah, I’m amazed at how far the western surveillance apparatus has been able to coast on plausible deniability. Folks, please don’t stick your head in the sand domestically just because there’s an even more obvious or egregious example abroad.

Say it with me: “Living in a police state is bad no matter who’s running it”.

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This made me laugh cause of how true it is.
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I'm just imagining the poor intern at the NSA having to sit in a dimly lit room with an array of 64 x 64 monitors mounted on a wall, watching the O-faces of thousands and thousands of fat, balding, middle age men for hours straight.
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Nah, that can't be true. Just imagine the traffic peak the first day after NNN if they're streaming from your phone in real time.
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