Glenn Greenwald’s latest article is out at the The Guardian. Despite repeated assurances that Americans’ data are respected and protected it turns out that the NSA is sharing raw intelligence including Americans’ data with Israel. As it happens, I don’t have a problem with Israel and am happy to have them as one of America’s friends. I also don’t have a problem with my pal Bob but that doesn’t mean I want to share all my private data with him. This is yet another example of how out of control the NSA is.
This may seem to be an American-centric problem but, of course, it’s not. The point to take away here is that the NSA has no respect for innocent Americans’ rights and even less for that of those from other countries. As the story at the link makes clear, the NSA’s brethren in those foreigners’ countries are only too happy to cooperate with the NSA and sell out their own citizens.
We must, all of us, insist that our governments knock it off and start respecting our right to privacy. Just whining won’t make it happen, of course, but a recent event here in the US shows us what’s possible. Whatever your feelings about gun control, a successful recall election in Colorado shows what can happen when voters feel the government is ignoring their wishes. We really need to hold our politicians’ feet to the fire and insist they put a stop to spying on their own citizens. Really, why do we even need to say this?