Keep under strict surveillance and control those secret establishments which, within your government structures, seem to regard themselves as above the law.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Laws and regulations are supposed to restrict the kind of surveillance governments do. In fact, the U.S. government is quite restricted in what kind of surveillance they can do on U.S. citizens. The problem is that 96 percent of the planet is not U.S. citizens.
We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.
What we've seen in government for so often is that people have been shady - about their roles, hiding things, not releasing things.
We need to make sure that leaks of classified information, of national security secrets, needs to be rigorously pursued and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.
It is up to the government to keep the government's secrets.
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
If surveillance infiltrates our homes and personal relationships, that is a gross breach of our human and civil rights.
I have obeyed the law. I have nothing to hide.