DamianTV
07-26-2014, 08:53 AM
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/07/25/215233/the-nsas-new-partner-in-spying-saudi-arabias-brutal-state-police
The National Security Agency last year significantly expanded its cooperative relationship with the Saudi Ministry of Interior (https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/25/nsas-new-partner-spying-saudi-arabias-brutal-state-police/), one of the world's most repressive and abusive government agencies. An April 2013 top secret memo provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden details the agency's plans "to provide direct analytic and technical support" to the Saudis on "internal security" matters. The Saudi Ministry of Interior—referred to in the document as MOI— has been condemned for years as one of the most brutal human rights violators in the world. In 2013, the U.S. State Department reported that "Ministry of Interior officials sometimes subjected prisoners and detainees to torture and other physical abuse," specifically mentioning a 2011 episode in which MOI agents allegedly "poured an antiseptic cleaning liquid down [the] throat" of one human rights activist. The report also notes the MOI's use of invasive surveillance targeted at political and religious dissidents.
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"Nothing to Hide" vs "Three Felonies Per Day"
So, what happens when these Felonies are determined by Foreign Govts? All our women are now Terrorists because they drive, show their ankles, and dont wear burkas? Sounds more and more like Thirty Felonies per Day, not 3. And for the record, in some places in the world, being Christian is the same as Terrorist. Or anyone that violates their Religious Laws. Sharia Law. Etc.
The lack of Privacy will result in the end of many many human lives.
The National Security Agency last year significantly expanded its cooperative relationship with the Saudi Ministry of Interior (https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/25/nsas-new-partner-spying-saudi-arabias-brutal-state-police/), one of the world's most repressive and abusive government agencies. An April 2013 top secret memo provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden details the agency's plans "to provide direct analytic and technical support" to the Saudis on "internal security" matters. The Saudi Ministry of Interior—referred to in the document as MOI— has been condemned for years as one of the most brutal human rights violators in the world. In 2013, the U.S. State Department reported that "Ministry of Interior officials sometimes subjected prisoners and detainees to torture and other physical abuse," specifically mentioning a 2011 episode in which MOI agents allegedly "poured an antiseptic cleaning liquid down [the] throat" of one human rights activist. The report also notes the MOI's use of invasive surveillance targeted at political and religious dissidents.
(Slashdot Quote: Full article on embedded link)
"Nothing to Hide" vs "Three Felonies Per Day"
So, what happens when these Felonies are determined by Foreign Govts? All our women are now Terrorists because they drive, show their ankles, and dont wear burkas? Sounds more and more like Thirty Felonies per Day, not 3. And for the record, in some places in the world, being Christian is the same as Terrorist. Or anyone that violates their Religious Laws. Sharia Law. Etc.
The lack of Privacy will result in the end of many many human lives.