NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing
<a href="http://fee.org/articles/three-felonies-a-day-how-the-feds-target-the-innocent/" rel="nofollow">http://fee.org/articles/three-felonies-a-day-how-the-feds-ta...</a><p>> Perhaps the most chilling quote of the Soviet era came from Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s head of the secret police, who bragged, “Show me the man, and I will find you the crime.” Surely, that never could be the case in America; we’re committed to the rule of law and have the fairest justice system in the world.<p>> This should make everyone fearful. Silverglate declares that federal prosecutors don’t care about guilt or innocence. Instead, many subscribe to a “win at all costs” mentality, and there is little to stop them.<p>> The very expansiveness of federal law turns nearly everyone into lawbreakers. Like the poor Soviet citizen who, on average, broke about three laws a day, a typical American will unwittingly break federal law several times daily. Many go to prison for things that historically never have been seen as criminal.<p><a href="http://mic.com/articles/86797/8-ways-we-regularly-commit-felonies-without-realizing-it#.OsdEK5bhZ" rel="nofollow">http://mic.com/articles/86797/8-ways-we-regularly-commit-fel...</a><p><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/11/04/david-barton-explains-how-you-could-be-committing-three-felonies-a-day/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/11/04/david-barton-expl...</a><p>> John Baker, a retired Louisiana State University law professor, made a similar comment to the Wall Street Journal: “There is no one in the United States over the age of 18 who cannot be indicted for some federal crime. … That is not an exaggeration.”<p><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/statistics" rel="nofollow">https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/statistics</a><p>Do you even know the 134 laws passed by the current Congress are? I know I don't and you just have to fall afoul of 1.