Surveillance vs. Freedom: False Dichotomy?
May. 3rd, 2014 04:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dewlineSome people argue that this is indeed a false dichotomy.
Not entirely sure that I agree with the "yes" side of this one...but go have a listen for yourselves.
This debate happened on CBC Radio's Q yesterday, moderated by Jian Ghomeshi.
(As a SHIELD fan and a reader of Glenn Greenwald, I admit to some internal conflict here.)
Not entirely sure that I agree with the "yes" side of this one...but go have a listen for yourselves.
This debate happened on CBC Radio's Q yesterday, moderated by Jian Ghomeshi.
(As a SHIELD fan and a reader of Glenn Greenwald, I admit to some internal conflict here.)
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Date: 2014-05-04 12:07 am (UTC)""Everybody wants governments to be listening to the conversations to the extent they can to Osama bin Laden,..."
Not everybody, at least not with that blanket declaration. I want them listening to people for whom they have legitimate just cause to listen, under extremely restricted circumstances, and with severe penalties for misuse of such wiretapping/spying. If they can't get together enough evidence to get a judge to authorize a wire, then they haven't got any justification to listen to anything.