US spied on Japan government, companies: WikiLeaks

[fit2rule]

If we want to live in a free society, we must do something about these heinous acts which imprison us all. Millions of people have, over the course of history, lost their lives precisely because men in power were allowed to abuse that power and cast their nets into the winds, to reap profit from the loss of the nation, their sovereign. If we want to continue to consider ourselves free, enlightened people, we must always work hard to uncover the secrets being laid as traps by those who would enslave us all. It is absolutely disgusting that the average American citizen is letting its government get away with crimes against humanity, and I look forward to the day when more American secrets are spilled on the altar of public opinion.

[mikeash]

I am an American citizen. What would you like me to do about it?

[tobltobs]

That proves, that Mitsubishi is a terrorist organization.

[hellbanner]

This was probably downvoted for sarcasm, but it brings to light the scary power governments have in naming entities they don't like..

[mmphosis]

https://wikileaks.org/nsa-japan/

[mirimir]

The NSA even spies on domestic targets, and shares unredacted intercepts with the Five Eyes and Israel ;)

[cottonseed]

Obviously Japan should retaliate against the US.

[vbezhenar]

That's bad, but it might have good consequences. Governments around the world might start to better protect their information and communications, thus providing better protection against both NSA, spies and other malicious entities.

[nickpsecurity]

This is legitimate as they do the same to us. They're one of the most capable countries doing espionage against U.S. military and industry. They've stolen plenty of I.P.. At one point, NSA intercepted a communication from Mitsubishi that contained President's Daily Brief. We have to spy on countries like this to even out the negotiations or else they become quite one-sided without us knowing why.

[justinpombrio]

By this argument, basically every other country in the world should spy as much as possible on the US, since our surveillance is so ubiquitous. Do you agree?

[ccvannorman]

"This is legitimate as they do the same to us."

Can we talk about this not being okay (for a long term human future)? Imagine a world where groups of people didn't constantly put effort into undermining other groups in secret.

[justwannasing]

In other news, Japan spied on US government. Film at 11.

[dylanjermiah]

May seem like that now, but you were once labeled a 'crazy conspiracy theorist' for even suggesting that governments have secret spying agencies.