Police State

Government shared the personal information of people with nearly 30 agencies including the IRS, CIA, NSA and FDA. So much for keeping that info secret and compartmentalized.

"The constant surveillance creates a pall of neurosis over the entire country. This is perhaps the hardest to explain or quantify unless you’ve traveled to countries outside the US, UK, and Western Europe. The first thing you notice  is that people seem happier and freer in their actions. Then you notice the lack of street cameras, shoplifting cameras, and lobby cameras everywhere. Coincidence? Maybe it’s my imagination, colored by some sort of confirmation bias. Then again, maybe not."

Maybe it's the economy.

CIA collecting bulk records on money transfers.

"The Central Intelligence Agency is secretly collecting bulk records of international money transfers handled by companies like Western Union — including transactions into and out of the United States — under the same law that the National Security Agency uses for its huge database of Americans’ phone records, according to current and former government officials. "

It just keeps getting worse.

FBI claims cyber-attacks are a bigger threat than terrorist attacks. This has long been true, but he's saying it just to push for more government controls of the internet.

Seattle PD claims to have disabled the DHS white box sensors after public backlash, and we're just supposed to believe them. They call it a "gesture of good will".