The Surveillance Failed State 0
Writing in Lebanon’s Daily Star, former CIA officer and author Robert Baer opines that we have been sold a bill of goods about the effectiveness of vacuum-cleaner surveillance. In the process, he demolishes the claims of success that are commonly used by the surveillance cadre to trumpet their effectiveness.
My suspicion throughout has been that
- they surveil because they can;
- because they can, they want to;
- because they want to, they need a cover story;
- because they need a cover story, “surveillance works”;
- because “surveillance works,” they can;
- because they can, they want to . . . .
It’s the best catch there is.
A nugget from the article. Consider the rest your weekend assignment.
