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Gamle Gore Vidal, diverterede i 1998 i Vanity Fair med Cary Grant anekdoter, der markerede hvorledes statens overvågning af befolkningen siden 60’erne konstant var udvidet, med de samme undskyldninger om den større nødvendighed. Dengang i 90’erne gjaldt det ‘krigen mod narko’. Der skulle altid føres krig, noterede Gore, også selv om USAs primære fjende, Sovjetunionen, var ophørt med at eksistere. Folks hang til synd og penge var en menneskelig konstant, argumenterede Vidal, så disse krige var uendelige og krævede kun flere ressourcer og yderligere underminering af frihedsrettighederne.

Currently, the Fourth Amendment is in the process of disintegration, out of “military necessity”—the constitutional language used by Lincoln to wage civil war, suspend habeas corpus, shut down newspapers, and free southern slaves. The Fourth Amendment guarantees “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” The Fourth is the people’s principal defense against totalitarian government; it is a defense that is now daily breached both by deed and law.

In James Bovard’s 1994 book, Lost Rights, the author has assembled a great deal of material on just what our law enforcers are up to in the never-to-be-won wars against Drugs and Terrorism, as they do daily battle with the American people in their homes and cars, on buses and planes, indeed, wherever they can get at them, by hook or by crook or by sting. Military necessity is a bit too highbrow a concept for today’s federal and local officials to justify their midnight smashing in of doors, usually without warning or warrant, in order to terrorize the unlucky residents. These unlawful attacks and seizures are often justified by the possible existence of a flush toilet on the fingered premises. (If the warriors against drugs don’t take drug fiends absolutely by surprise, the fiends will flush away the evidence.) This is intolerable for those eager to keep us sinfree and obedient. So in the great sign of Sir Thomas Crapper’s homely invention, they suspend the Fourth, and conquer.

De ydre fjender bliver erstattet med de indre. Simon Ateba skriver hvorledes man omgår 

Believe me when I say that this is the most important piece of news that you might watch today, an attempt by the Republican-controlled House to give President Biden and the deep state the power to expand their spying reach on Americans. This explains how they were able to spy on Trump and might again spy on his campaign ahead of the next election. 

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At the center of it all is Section 702 in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the U.S. government to collect intelligence information on non-U.S. persons located outside the United States, often through the surveillance of internet communications. 

But that section is being indirectly used to spy on Americans right here in the United States by claiming that they were simply spying on a foreign national who was communicating with an American, which technically means, they spied on that American by accident. An ex-husband, an ex-wife, a jilted girlfriend or boyfriend, a political opponent, a member of Congress, ‘a white supremacist’, a ‘domestic terrorist’ who was on the US Capitol, everyone. 

They renew it every five years. The last time was in 2018 when Trump was in power, and now it’s time to renew it again. But rather than improve it, they are making it worse by expanding the ability to spy on everyone, everywhere, including using WIFI at coffee shops, restaurants, libraries, and schools, everywhere. One would therefore think that since Trump is leading in the polls and they claim he will be Hitler 2.0, they will not want to hand over these powers to him. No, not Washington…