by John W. Whitehead \/ December 12th, 2017<\/p>\n
\nHe sees you when you\u2019re sleeping
He knows when you\u2019re awake
He knows when you\u2019ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
\u2014 \u201cSanta Claus Is Coming to Town\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nJust in time for Christmas, the Deep State wants to give America the gift that keeps on giving: never-ending mass surveillance<\/a>.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not referring to the kind of surveillance carried out by that all-knowing and all-seeing Jolly Old St. Nick and his informant the Elf on the Shelf (although, to be fair, they have helped to acclimate us<\/a> to a world in which we\u2019re always being watched and judged by higher authorities).<\/p>\n
No, this particular bit of Yuletide gift-giving comes courtesy of the Deep State (a.k.a. the Surveillance State, Police State, Shadow Government and black-ops spy agencies<\/a>).<\/p>\n
If this power-hungry cabal gets its way, the government\u2019s power to spy on its citizens will soon be all-encompassing and permanent.<\/p>\n
As it now stands, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act<\/a>\u2014the legal basis for two of the National Security Agency\u2019s largest mass surveillance programs, \u201cPRISM\u201d and \u201cUpstream\u201d\u2014is set to expire<\/a> at the end of 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cPRISM\u201d lets the NSA access emails, video chats, instant messages, and other content sent via Facebook, Google, Apple and others. \u201cUpstream\u201d lets the NSA worm its way into the internet backbone\u2014the cables and switches owned by private corporations like AT&T that make the internet into a…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n