Surveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.
There is not much of a bureaucratic leap, if history is any guide, between a seemingly benign call for 'continuous situational awareness' and the onset of a covert and illegal campaign of domestic surveillance.
Ever since we've had electronic communications, and particularly during a time of war, presidents have authorized the electronic surveillance of the enemy.
There's still a lot of things you can legitimately do to make America safe through electronic surveillance.
You could watch entire villages and see what everyone was doing. I watched NSA tracking people's Internet activities as they typed. I became aware of just how invasive U.S. surveillance capabilities had become. I realized the true breadth of this system. And almost nobody knew it was happening.
If surveillance infiltrates our homes and personal relationships, that is a gross breach of our human and civil rights.
Spying has always gone on since ancient times.
No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused.
The NSA has the greatest surveillance capabilities in American history... The real problem is that they're using these capabilities to make us vulnerable.
The concept of surveillance is ingrained in our beings. God was the original surveillance camera.