More abuse of powers
I was reading the latest accusation against the NSA for overstepping it’s legal bounds on truthout.org (article). It’s interesting, but really nothing new or unexpected. History has taught us all that powers given will be abused if they can be. I’ve noticed (and I’m sure many others have as well) that most often that abuse will be by the entity controlling those powers for it’s own protection and preservation. Granted, the NSA doesn’t yet appear to be at that stage (NSA folks are probably laughing at this comment), but could it become this type of monster?
Well, we originally had checks and balances to guard against the creation of a self-protecting powerful entity at a risk of self-preservation becoming it’s main goal. By removing oversight we are creating just such a potential monster and then playing Russian roulette with it. Which political entity will be in power when it’s finally all powerful after passing through administration after administration that removed checks and balances? Think of the influence on the democratic process such an entity could exert. Stop allowing oversight to be removed now and put more in place.
After all, you have nothing to fear from oversight if you have nothing to hide.
