Snowden Shows How The Secret Police Are Violating Civil Rights

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/edward-snowden-basic-liberties_n_3414824.html As I have suspected for some time now, according to the testimony of Edward Snowden, whom I consider to be an exceptional example of an honest, conscientious, government agent, the various intelligence agencies have been using their expanded powers to spy on Americans. As part of the "Prism" program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program), telecommunications, and digital data can be accessed, and recorded. Now, if this were specificly used to target known enemies of the U.S.A., and were subject to the due process of the law, I would not have a problem with it. I think that it would be necessary in order to keep current with the modern digital information age. However, as I've pointed out before, in prior blog posts, it's not just groups such as Al Qaida that are being focused on, and the operations aren't altogether taking place within the scope of the criminal justice system. In fact, comparabley to Nazi Germnany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichssicherheitshauptamt, various police agencies are now collaberating together under the direction of the secret police. http://rt.com/usa/fusion-center-director-spying-070/ And as I've alluded to if you're either left, or right of center, and might have opposition towards, and/or concerns about the government, you might come under suspicion, and even under fire, by the secret police, and their storm troopers. Look, if their is a valid concern about an imminent threat, then they should be permitted to get a warrant in order to investigate, and if needed apprehend suspected seditionists, and saboteurs. But we should not be targeted, and subsequently persecuted, simply based upon our opinions. Just think about it, if the federal government were to have possessed this power, and followed this policy, during the time leading up to the Civil War, it would have used it to crack down on abolitionists. Remember, the Fugitive Slave Act was in effect. And the raid on the Harpers Ferry arsenal was carried out by a fanatical abolitionist, John Brown.  http://www.civilwar.org/150th-anniversary/john-browns-harpers-ferry.html So, abolitionists would have been regarded as being criminal subversives, just as like how today anarchists such as myself will tend to likewise be viewed with animosity. But before some of you start to think that we have it coming, due to our opposition to institutions of power in our society, including the state, I for one, amongst others strictly adhere to the principle of non-aggression http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle / value of non-violence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-violence. So I do not feel that it would be justified to initiate force for any reason, not even to try to effect desired social change. And also, as I mentioned earlier in this article, it's not just those on the far left whom are being suppressed, but also various persons who are old right. http://www.humblelibertarian.com/2011/08/were-all-terrorists-now.html, http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/04/12/homeland-security-document-targets-most-conservatives-and-libertarians-in-the-country/ So just because you might think that you're a good person, who has done nothing wrong, and therefore should have nothing to hide, and be worried about, doesn't mean that the powers that be will automaticly agree. Sometimes those in government might become prone to jump to conclusions, and over react. Which is why it is necessary for us to have the protections of the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights, in order to keep the political powers in check. P.S. To those whom might be thinking that it's my fault that all of this is happening, since you presume that either I voted for Obama, or did not vote at all, you'd be wrong. Eventhough I largely consider myself to be a libertarian Democrat http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Democratic_Freedom_Caucus, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Democrat, I voted for the Green Party candidate, Jill Stein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Stein, as I have been concerned about a number of Pres. Obama's policies, such as the NDAA. I feel that we should always strive to vote for candidates who are pro-freedom, and I also prefer that they be in favor of social justice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice as well. So that's why I sometimes will vote for Greens over Democrats. But also, to any right-libertarians, and/or disgruntled Republicans, whom might be reading this, I feel that the Libertarian, Gary Johnson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Johnson was not all that bad a choice either. And I hold no hard feelings towards those who chose to vote for him.