Does the Government Want to Read Your Texts and Emails?

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The Justice Department was called before Congress to say whether it should be permitted to read people's email, text messages and other electronic communications without a probable cause warrant — that is, without a judicial determination that it has a good reason to believe a search will turn up evidence of a crime. The clear answer to this question should have been "no."

With so many indications of government surveillance, it is becoming clear that the ruling class of the US is feeling so insecure that they have no hesitation about dispensing with the niceties of the rule of law and all the democratic paraphernalia they use to hide their rule. As their Empire begins to disintegrate we will increasingly experience the methods of totalitarian rule. At least, that will be more honest than what we have now.