Friday, September 13, 2013

Does The NSA Spy On Wall Street?

The Wall Street sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange, March 26, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East

Why Doesn’t NSA Spy On Wall Street? -- Michael Degerald, Salon

The government claims NSA conducts surveillance to avert financial crises. Seems like they have the wrong suspects.

Since early June when the first stories were released, we have seen a wave of leaked information drastically change our understanding of the United States government. Its activities in intelligence gathering have been shown to be much wider than previously thought; its relationships with major tech corporations have been shown to be much murkier and of a darker nature than was publicly known.

Its relationship with the people of the United States is on shaky ground — revelations have been met with untrue explanations time after time, each exposed as false by further leaks. One of the few things we can say for sure is that things are not as they have been presented to us, by Republicans or Democrats. More will be leaked, and it’s hard to imagine the nature of that information now.

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My Comment: I would be shocked if they were not.

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