On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 12:44:05PM -0800, Yosem Companys wrote: > From: Stanford Center for Internet & Society <c...@law.stanford.edu> > > The wonderful Jennifer Granick > > AMERICAN SPIES - MODERN SURVEILLANCE, WHY YOU SHOULD CARE, AND WHAT TO DO > ABOUT IT > ________________________________ > > US intelligence agencies - the eponymous American spies - are exceedingly > aggressive, pushing and sometimes bursting through the technological, legal > and political boundaries of lawful surveillance. Written for a general > audience by a surveillance law expert, this book educates readers about how > the reality of modern surveillance differs from popular understanding. > Weaving the history of American surveillance - from J. Edgar Hoover through > the tragedy of September 11th to the fusion centers and mosque infiltrators > of today - the book shows that mass surveillance and democracy are > fundamentally incompatible. Granick shows how surveillance law has fallen > behind while surveillance technology has given American spies vast new > powers. She skillfully guides the reader through proposals for reining in > massive surveillance with the ultimate goal of surveillance reform.
In other words, the US secret police have seized power in a silent coup. What are the usual remedies in such a situation? jmp -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
