NSA Spying Isn’t Focused On Terrorism
The NSA and other government agencies have conducted industrial espionage for decades [2].
They’ve been spying all over the world [3], on allies [4] as well as enemies.
This has zero to do with terrorism.
Even former president Bill Clinton says [5]:
We shouldn’t collect economic information under the pretext of security.
Clinton previously said [6]:
We are on the verge of having the worst of all worlds: we’ll have no security and no privacy.
And he’s not the only president to slam the NSA.
Jimmy Carter said [7] that NSA spying on Americans meant that “America has no functioning democracy”.
Clinton’s VP – Al Gore – says [7] it constitutes “crimes against the Constitution of the United States”. And even Senate Intelligence Chair Dianne Feinstein is opposed to spying on allies [8].
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