[Wikimedia-l] PRISM

[Anthony]

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:

> You are right, Anthony, never assume you're not dealing with idiots. If
> NSA is doing doing detailed surveillance of Tea Party activists or
> defense lawyers we are truly well along the road to hell.
>

Maybe we are.  It certainly wouldn't be unprecedented for the government to
engage in witch hunts against certain political groups.  Granted, it's more
likely to be the FBI that has a file on Tea Party groups than the NSA, but
still...

Tea Party groups was, of course, just an example.  John Vandenberg gave a
somewhat larger list.