re: This board is slacking: Snowden speaks at SXSW. Crickets chirping on PT.

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Are you trolling?

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No I'm not trolling. I talked to some CIA office workers at J. Gilbert's in McLean who told me that American surveillance has produced about 1000 "subjects" who have raised a red flag or other and are being constantly watched. These range from people who've said threatening or inflammatory things on the internet to those who stupidly searched "how to make an IED" on Google. In China, that number is over 40,000. It's close to a real "big brother" atmosphere.

My cousin recently traveled there with her Chinese husband and said that they are completely up your arse from the moment you get there. And if you brought your devices from home, you sir are going to get raped.

And it's 100% legal (except the hacking), yet in America, it's a crime against humanity. Putin was even quoted as being surprised by this, saying "all governments do this."