Edward Snowden was right. Glenn Greenwald was right. The American Civil Liberties Union was right.Throughout the Obama administration and indeed long beforehand, critics of the nation’s ever-expanding national security state have been grabbing Americans by the lapels and shaking them, trying to raise consciousness about the dangers. Their efforts too often have been in vain. Now, with president-elect Donald Trump readying for power, those dangers are more immediate than ever.As Wired worried last month in a piece titled, “Imagine if Donald Trump Controlled the NSA”:America has watched Donald Trump praise foreign dictators from Kim Jong Un to Vladimir Putin, vow …read more
Source: The New Republic
