If you think the NSA and collaborative agencies do not have complete access to all electronically-stored data in the governments of both state and national, you are very trusting, or technologically naive.
They had this ability over 20 years ago.
The "bumbling" you read so much about has nothing to do with a lack of this capability.
"I think the potential to abuse such a system is too great, to allow such a beast to be created with a great public dialogue on it. "
I think you mean "without" a great public dialogue, to undo some dyslexic logic.
I agree. Since I think it already exists, and it's too late to think about whether to create it, it is time to unbundle this information for the public, all except bona-fide military secrets, which is 1 part per billion of the vast sea of the people's information that is being withheld, for reasons of political, economic, criminal and just neglect.
The people will do the right thing, if information is available, and if it is a criminal offense for any government agency to secretly influence the news media. |
