The lawsuit against the Obama administration over the National Security Agencyâ„¢s spying programs shows that trust in US government reached its lowest point at the end of this year, an analyst says.
Å“Trust in government at the end of 2013 is about the lowest here in America and could be going lower,” Veterans Today columnist Jim W. Dean told Press TV on Tuesday.
Å“The people are very spooky not only that is going on, but what theyâ„¢ve been told about weâ„¢re not doing this, weâ„¢re not doing that and their question is how do we really know that youâ„¢re not doing that,” he added.
On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in order to put pressure on the US government to release more details of its surveillance activities.
The ACLU called on the White House to disclose basic information about Executive Order 12,333, which governs US spying activities outside the country.
Å“Although EO 12,333 permits the government to target foreigners abroad for surveillance, recent revelations have confirmed that the government interprets that authority to permit sweeping monitoring of Americans’ international communications,” read the complaint filed in federal court in New York.
Å“What the American Civil Liberties Union is doing is although itâ„¢s very difficult to sue the government because… they have already lied to Congress I suspect that they think that they may have not told people correctly some of the things that theyâ„¢ve been asked,” Dean said.
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Source: Press TV