U.S. Mass Surveillance Has No Record of Thwarting Large Terror Attacks
I think it's very clear to everyone not tuning into to the mass-media narrative that the true goal of all the governments and agencies involved is not "preventing the next terror threat" but a power-play for the control of information.<p>Not only is there no pertinent evidence to demonstrate that surveillance has ever paid off; There is much more so, <i>extremely pertinent</i> evidence that demonstrates the past 30 years of foreign policy have directly contributed to past and current day terrorist threats: Financing the Taliban and Bin-laden to fight the soviets in the 80's, invading and destabilizing Iraq, financing Syrian rebels (in part ISIS supporters and/or sympthathizers) while destabilizing Syria, etc, etc..- Yet somehow none of this is part of the main-stream narrative and a couple months later Obama will be asking congress for more funds to fight Assad and the NSA will be asking for broader surveillance powers.<p>I'm very sorry for the people that have lost their family members and loved ones in the course of these things but the answer is not and cannot be "more drone strikes" and "everyone forfeit your privacy".