[GiorgioG]

Let's not pretend this started with this administration. I'm not pointing any fingers at any one party or politician, but this is nothing new:

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure...

'By the late 1990s ECHELON was reportedly capable of monitoring up to 90% of all internet traffic. According to the BBC in May 2001, however, "The US Government still refused to admit that Echelon even exists."'

[bilbo0s]

This.

You could also say that this is what the people have wanted for decades.

Remember the PATRIOT Act? Voted in by a vote of 99 to 1 in the senate. (And the 1 who voted against it? Yeah, we got rid of him for a more "law and order" type guy.)

What we're seeing is just the people getting more of what they're demanding. You get the government you deserve. And you deserve to get that government good and hard as often as possible.

[j45]

After the shock of 9/11 and I believe it was only meant to be temporary

[libertine]

I don't think it started with this administration, but the normalization of corruption sure did.

[littlecorner]

On the plus side, the current administration isn't obscuring the corruption like previous administrations, which is somewhat refreshing.