"THE AIM OF LIFE, IT'S ONLY AIM, IS TO BE FREE.FREE OF WHAT?FREE TO DO WHAT? ONLY TO BE FREE,THAT IS ALL." R.H. BLYTH. POST 161

Hi,

Just when we thought we had gotten all the bad news about the current administration's activities, we got a blistering report from Edward Snowden on the INVASION BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY OF AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME OF HIS 'OUTING' OF THE NSA FOR HIM; HE WILL GO DOWN IN AMERICAN HISTORY AS A PATRIOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SNOWDEN TOLD THE GUARDIAN he chose them to release the documents because  they are "journalists whose judgment he trusted about what should be public and should remain concealed." and he stated that.......  "for him, it is a matter of principle.......the government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to." he said. The Guardian added that "His (Snowden's) allegiance to internet freedom" is reflected in his statements.

"I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts of documents that would have made a big impact that I didn't turn over, because harming people isn't my goal. Transparency is." Snowden said.

THIS BLOGGER HAS A NEW NAME FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY! " THE NATIONAL SEDITIOUS AGENCY"  FOR PERFIDIOUS AND DISLOYAL ACTS AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

NO MATTER THAT THEY CLAIM THAT "WIRE TAPPING" OUR PHONES (OLD PHRASE), SNOOPING INTO OUR EMAILS, READING OUR WIRELESS MAIL, LISTENING TO OUR PHONE CONVERSATIONS WAS IN THE "NATIONAL "INTEREST AND SECURITY !!!!!!!!!!! IF THAT WERE SO, WHY DID THEY HAVE TO KEEP IT A SECRET ??????????

WOULDN'T ANNOUNCING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS ENGAGED IN THIS ENDEAVOR HAVE DISCOURAGED THE  ENEMY, WHO WOULD HAVE HAD TO PROCURE OTHER MEANS??????????  IT WOULD HAVE  GIVEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FAIR WARNING AND EVENTUALLY THEIR PRIVACY BACK ???????????? BUT WAS THIS INTRUSION ON THEIR LIVES DESIRED, SIMPLY EASIER, OR MORE EXPEDIENT ???????

OF COURSE, ALL THE MAJOR  EMAIL PROVIDERS DENY THEY WERE DOING ANYTHING BUT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT ORDERED !!???????? OTHERS ARE SAYING WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF SURVEILLANCE AND SO WE HAVE TO TOLERATE IT.

COME ON!!!!!!!!! IF STOPPING INVASION OF PRIVACY WOUND UP IN THE CONSTITUTION IN THE  4TH AMENDMENT  BY STATING "THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BE SECURE IN THEIR PERSONS, HOUSES, PAPERS AND EFFECTS, AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES, SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED..."   TENDS TO  PROVE THIS IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM ????????????? WE JUST HAVE MORE OF IT IN A DIFFERENT METHOD CALLED TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!!!!!!! SAME OLD PROBLEMS!!!!!

THIS BLOGGER IS SORRY THAT THIS LASTEST LOOSENING OF SURVEILLANCE METHODS MAY HAVE  BEGUN WITH PRESIDENT BUSH AND THE DEBACLE OF SEPTEMBER 11--HE LET FEAR OF THE HIDDEN ENEMY OR HIS PROMISE TO ROOT OUT THE BANDITS DRIVE HIS REPRISAL !!!!!!!!!!!!  FEAR, PROTECTIONISM, AND REPRISAL HAVE CAUSED THAT EVENT TO DO FAR GREATER HARM THAN THE ORIGINAL BOMBING AND KILLING PLUS  CONTINUANCE OF  HARM TO AMERICAN CITIZENS.  REMEMBER THE BLOG ON THE DANGERS OF PROTECTIONISM. THIS IS A CLEAR DOWNSIDE TO ALLOWING PROTECTIONISM AS A ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.

This blogger just hopes that those working in the "NATIONAL SEDITIOUS AGENCY" are bored out of their gourds with the endless forwards and personal emails that they have to pursue in their SNOOPING CHORES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 PERHAPS A TYPICAL DAY WOULD COVER:  a forward on training dogs to poop where you wish (that could certainly apply to citizens); another email might cover Preppy girl's love life (CAN THAT  WORKER BE ARRESTED FOR READING EMAIL PORN ?????????) HOW ABOUT THOSE WONDROUS CONVERSATIONS ON CELL PHONES BETWEEN "TAMMY AND JOEY" THAT LASTED HOURS  BEFORE THE BREAKUP   !!!!!!!!!!! (CAN THE NATIONAL SEDITIOUS AGENCY WORKER BE ARRESTED FOR LISTENING TO CELL PHONE PORN ?????)

JUST KNOWING THAT "TAMMY GAVE  JOEY" THE GATE IS A REAL HELP IN SECURITY FOR THE NATION. HELL--WHO KNOWS HOW JOEY MIGHT REACT AND MAYBE BLOW UP SOMETHING BIG LIKE THE LOCAL McDonald's WHERE THEY MET !!!!!!!!!!

COME OFF IT WASHINGTON AND PRESIDENT OBAMA. PUH.............LEEZE...........WE'RE SLOW BUT NOT STUPID!!!!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE STEPPED OVER MANY LINES AND INSTEAD OF CHANGE WE HAVE MUCH MORE OF THE SAME OLD--SAME OLD.

THIS BLOGGER CAN'T FOR THE LIFE OF HER BLAME EDWARD SNOWDEN WHO STATED "THE ELECTION GAVE HIM HOPE BUT HE BECAME DISENCHANTED WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA".  DISENCHANTMENT IS CAUSED BY THE LOSS OF SIGHT OF THE THINGS THIS COUNTRY IS "SUPPOSED TO STAND FOR". SNOOPING, ON PRIVATE CITIZENS WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING TO DESERVE IT,  IS CERTAINLY NOT ON  AMERICA'S "TO DO" LIST.

ON TOP OF SNOWDEN'S REVELATIONS, there  IS THE RECENT GOVERNMENT ADMISSION OF USING ECHELON, A GLOBAL SPY SATELITE SYSTEM TO SPY ON PRIVATE AMERICANS and FRIENDS. THE GROUP MADE  UP OF ENGLISH SPEAKING ALLIES HAS "A SATELITE SYSTEM WITH MONITORING BASES IN THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED WHICH SWEEPS THE RADIO SPECTRUM WORLDWIDE, EAVESDROPPING ON PHONE CALLS, FAXES AND EMAILS". THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY OPERATES OUR PART IN IT. "CONGRESS ATTEMPTED TO INVESTIGATE LAST YEAR BUT WAS REBUFFED BY"..........YOU GUESSED IT THE NATIONAL SEDITIOUS AGENCY.  THE INVOLVED COUNTRIES GOT AROUND THEIR PRIVACY LAWS BY HAVING ANOTHER COUNTRY SNOOP ON THEIR PRIVATE 'STUFF' AND SUPPLY IT.

ECHELON HAS BEEN USED FOR NOT ONLY POLITICAL PURPOSES BUT INDUSTRIAL SPYING.  IN A WORD, STEALING SENSITIVE CORPORATE INFORMATION AND SUPPLYING IT TO DOMESTIC BUSINESSES TO OFFER THEM THE EDGE.  GREAT BRITAIN AND THE U.S. "MAY FACE BEING CHARGED WITH COMMERCIAL ESPIONAGE ON A GRAND SCALE" by EU's civil liberties committee, SO SAYS "INVASION OF PRIVACY" AUTHOR, JOHN LOEFFLER, PUBLISHED June 9, 2013 ON THE WEB.  READ THE ARTICLE  AT KOINONIA HOUSE. INTERESTING IF SICKENING !!!!!!!!

Let's try again: LIFE, LIBERTY (INCLUDES NO SNOOPING) AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (THERE'S NO TIME TO PURSUE HAPPINESS WHEN YOU HAVE TO PURSUE YOUR GOVERNMENT'S COVERT ACTIONS). Let's see ???????? THAT JUST LEAVES LIFE.
SO FAR, THAT IS !!!!!!!!!!! THAT KEEPS GETTING RISKIER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This blogger does not JUST blame our Government. Some have said that a President is not far from his  voters !!!!!!!!!!!!!! The lack of privacy that many of our citizens show on Facebook and Twitter and Linked In is appalling. THERE  IS NO EXCUSE FOR IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EXCEPT A LACK OF SELF-ESTEEM AND RESPECT FOR OTHERS. !!!! AMERICA NEEDS TO GROW UP AND FACE UP. ( BELIEVE 'MAN UP' IS THE CURRENT SLANG--'WOMAN UP'  ???????) AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN  HAVE JUST BEEN GIVEN THAT CHANCE BY SNOWDEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 HOW MANY WARNINGS OF A DIRE FUTURE CAN WE IGNORE AS ALL THESE CONDITIONS ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE  ????????????????? HOW MANY WARNINGS CAN WE AFFORD TO IGNORE ????????????  TIME IS GROWING SHORT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHEERS, CONNIE