With NSA And NYPD Under Scrutiny, Is Tide Turning On Surveillance? -- Christian Science Monitor
The NYPD is dropping more than a half million names from its stop-and-frisk database, and NSA surveillance may face new scrutiny for reportedly sifting the actual content of Americans' e-mail.
Government surveillance programs are on the defensive.
On Wednesday, the New York Police Department agreed to expunge more than a half million names from its stop-and-frisk database – another blow to the embattled crime-fighting tactic that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has hailed as a key policy in the city’s plunging crime rate.
And the National Security Administration, already under fire from revelations that it has been vacuuming up vast amounts of Americans’ private phone and e-mail data, likely will face increased scrutiny as it has also been sifting through some of the actual content – a fact previously undisclosed – according to a New York Times investigation.
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My Comment: I find there is a generational gap when it comes to opinions on the NSA's surveillance programs. Older generations (like my mom who is 87) are not bothered that the NSA and other federal organizations are conducting these extensive surveillance programs. Those who are middle age (30 to 55) tend to be neutral to uncomfortable that these programs are being run. Those who are in their twenties are opposed and hostile to these surveillance programs. But the greatest hostility comes from those who are under 20 .... none of them want older people to even have the option of being able to screen and access what they are communicating.
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