Glenn Greenwald: Is US Exaggerating Threats to Silence Surveillance Critics?

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From: The David Pakman Show

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1. This analogy given here is like saying it rained today so tomorrow it should rain again, we do not

know what terrorist plans or what they plan in the years to come. If any of those who are ranting about surveillance can predict when the terrorist needs to step up and the surveillance will probably cease.

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2. perhaps those of you that do accept the surveillance state can explain how collecting the metadata

of US citizens will prevent the next terrorist attack.

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3. Likewise you can not explain the collection of this data has not already prevented a terrorist

attack nor can you explain it will not stop a future attack. Believe it or not there is lots of surveillance, as you enter stores, drive down the roads, etc cameras are everywhere, everyone who has a cell phone has a camera, it will not stop. You are still willing to use the internet so you are willing to have surveillance.