DamianTV
07-28-2014, 03:37 PM
http://rt.com/usa/176176-aclu-hrw-surveillance-report/
Dozens of journalists and attorneys surveyed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch for a new report say that the United States government’s surveillance operations are eroding their ability to work.
The results of the collaborative effort between the ACLU and HRW was published on Monday this week and contains a number of chilling accounts from Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters and acclaimed attorneys alike who say the US government’s spy programs have put a damper on their professions.
After surveying 92 participants — 46 reporters, 42 lawyers and a handful of current or former government officials — the authors of the 126-page "With Liberty to Monitor All" study conclude that US surveillance practices are “harming journalism, law and American democracy” by making it increasingly difficult for professionals tasked with keeping governments accountable and preserving justice from accomplishing as much.
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As if Govt thinks it should be held accountable for anything? Cops that shoot and murder children and dogs and old people. Judges that have sex with the Defendants. Judges that buy stocks in corporations they are supposed to rule on. Judges that sleep in court. Judges whose hands are tied by Mandatory Minimum Sentences. Fair Trial my ass. Not even worth "two squirts of piss" anymore.
Dozens of journalists and attorneys surveyed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch for a new report say that the United States government’s surveillance operations are eroding their ability to work.
The results of the collaborative effort between the ACLU and HRW was published on Monday this week and contains a number of chilling accounts from Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters and acclaimed attorneys alike who say the US government’s spy programs have put a damper on their professions.
After surveying 92 participants — 46 reporters, 42 lawyers and a handful of current or former government officials — the authors of the 126-page "With Liberty to Monitor All" study conclude that US surveillance practices are “harming journalism, law and American democracy” by making it increasingly difficult for professionals tasked with keeping governments accountable and preserving justice from accomplishing as much.
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As if Govt thinks it should be held accountable for anything? Cops that shoot and murder children and dogs and old people. Judges that have sex with the Defendants. Judges that buy stocks in corporations they are supposed to rule on. Judges that sleep in court. Judges whose hands are tied by Mandatory Minimum Sentences. Fair Trial my ass. Not even worth "two squirts of piss" anymore.