Big Brother is watching you...

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It is remarkable that a corporation refused to hand over the records that NSA asked for, citing that it violated Federal privacy laws.

In the meantime, the two big bastards in Congress, Sen Pat Roberts (R-Ky) and Rep Peter Hoekstra (R-Michigan) both chairing their respective Intelligence Committees, look the other way, or flat-out shoot the messenger.

Roberts atrociously says that the NSA's activities already were being scrutinized by a new subcommittee on the panel and that "calls for further oversight are unnecessary."

And Hoekstra, proving himself the bigger scum defended the N.S.A.'s activities and denounced the disclosure, saying the USA Today report "threatens to undermine our nation's safety."

Of course, some in the news (I watched Anderson Cooper spinning this issue 360 degrees) say, what's the big deal, they're just collecting telephone numbers, not actually listening in.

First, who really knows the extent of the spying, with Congress being so totally derelict in holding investigations. Make the private, I don't care, but let everyone in Congress hear the extent of it. Right now, only a few select members get to hear it, and they can't even tell their aides about it let alone the public.

Secondly, if the potential yield from this database (they're just collecting numbers) is so small, why not go to Congress and explicitly get authorization to do it. What are they afraid of, that the mastermind-terrorist-zarqaqi-who-can't-even-operate-an-automatic-rifle will somehow figure out how to use this information? Give me a break!

Bastards.