Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.www.aclu.orgexternal-linkmessage-square244fedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down116file-text
arrow-up11.21Karrow-down1external-linkTIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.www.aclu.orgAnonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square244fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecøre@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up157arrow-down1·2 days agoIt was never about terrorism. The govt saw a chance to leapfrog citizen surveillance by years instead of a steady profession and jumped at it so hard it wasn’t even subtle.
minus-squarebagsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·2 days agoPeople forget Bush was head of the CIA, its all too coincidental that the government ended up with super spy powers on his watch.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 days agoThe patriot act was bipartisan. Much of its rejected proposals were ultimately recycled as the USAPATRIOT Act of 2001 with Joe Biden’s vocal endorsement.
minus-squarestopdropandprole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agopretty sure that was his father, George H W Bush, who served as president years before 9/11 and patriot act
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoCorrect, only Bush father was director for the CIA for one year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush
minus-squareBeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoExactly, and we now have someone in power who will weaponize that against critics and dissenters.
It was never about terrorism. The govt saw a chance to leapfrog citizen surveillance by years instead of a steady profession and jumped at it so hard it wasn’t even subtle.
People forget Bush was head of the CIA, its all too coincidental that the government ended up with super spy powers on his watch.
The patriot act was bipartisan.
Much of its rejected proposals were ultimately recycled as the USAPATRIOT Act of 2001 with Joe Biden’s vocal endorsement.
AIPAC Uniparty.
pretty sure that was his father, George H W Bush, who served as president years before 9/11 and patriot act
Correct, only Bush father was director for the CIA for one year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush
BINGO!
Exactly, and we now have someone in power who will weaponize that against critics and dissenters.