Intel Official: Say Goodbye to Privacy
Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people’s private communications and financial information.
His comments came as he gave testimony to Congress regarding the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act.
Lawmakers hastily changed the 1978 law last summer to allow the government to eavesdrop inside the United States without court permission, so long as one end of the conversation was reasonably believed to be located outside the U.S.
The original law required a court order for any surveillance conducted on U.S. soil, to protect Americans’ privacy. The White House argued that the law was obstructing intelligence gathering.
Kerr’s testimony that citizens should say goodbye to privacy is gonna drive liberals absolutely crazy, but is he really saying anything new? As far as I can tell privacy has been dead for years. With cell phone cameras, tiny hidden cameras, and other technology, people no longer have an expectation of privacy.
A person is lucky to have any privacy even in their homes and that was the case long before the NSA began wiretapping without a warrant. If your a terrorist then you should be worried, otherwise get over it.
-Chris Jones
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