Groklaw legal site shuts over fears of NSA email snooping
I hope those who treated me with scorn for suggesting the politicians and business people are effectively blackmailed by the mere existence of NSA type spying can now see it for real.<p>No direct threat, not conversation, no deals. Just the fear of the knowledge that one is being comprehensively watched, and what "they" might have. This fear is enough to alter behavior, to conform.<p>Again, at what stage can we describe the US and UK, and their co-conspirators as fascist, police state, oppressive, and so on?<p>Or, do we have micro targeted oppression? Is that the modern way?