Former US Congressman Dennis Kucinich has called for the National Security Agency to be abolished, saying that the US government agencies destroyed the idea of privacy.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThere needs to be a measure of responsibility. And if they go beyond the pale, which the NSA has, they just ought to be abolished. We don\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t need the spying,\u201d he said at the premiere of a documentary on government and corporate abuse of digital data.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cWe have the CIA, the FBI, a dozen other intelligence infrastructures. Frankly – and I\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m saying this with a lifetime\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s experience in government here – it\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s time to punch the NSA\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s ticket here,\u201d Kucinich was quoted as saying by Prison Planet on Monday.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThey\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve ruined the brand. They\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve destroyed the idea of privacy,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n
New documents revealed by American whistleblower Edward Snowden showed that the NSA had broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since 2008.\n<\/p>\n
The revelation shows that the agency broke its own rules about spying on Americans.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cWe need some kind of symbolic and profound approach here that says, \u00cb\u0153look, you\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve violated something that\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s very dear to the American people – you don\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t get to do that,\u00e2\u201e\u00a2\u201d Kucinich said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u00c5\u201cWe talk about the death penalty for individuals, which I oppose, but I think there needs to be for government agencies that so broadly betray the public interest,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Snowden, who was granted temporary asylum in Russia, gave information about secret NSA spying programs that collect phone, email and other communications of American people.\n<\/p>\n
The former Ohio Congressman also said, \u00c5\u201cIn a just world, Snowden, we\u00e2\u201e\u00a2d be having ticker tape parades for him. But that\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s not what\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s going to happen.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Kucinich also spoke about Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who lied to Congress about the NSA\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s spying techniques.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cWell, you know it\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s illegal to lie to Congress, but everyone lies to Congress. As soon as they raise their right hand, watch out! Clapper should be held responsible, but he won\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t be, because that\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s the condition we\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re in right now,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
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