“Not Surveillance” 0
(Much more at the link.)
She’s right, though I disagree with her conclusion.
Surveillance is mindful, directed, and rational. It selects a target and follows it, whether for noble or ignoble ends.
The NSA is a mindless vacuum cleaner sucking up everything it finds just because it can, hoping it might find something. It has become a candidate for Hoarders.
I do think it’s quite wrong and illegal for it to do so, but I also think that recognizing the difference between “surveil” and “suck” is vital. The NSA doesn’t surveil.
It sucks.
