Reply #57: How were your friends scammed on the internet? [View All]

[Catrina]

I'm finding this all very sad and disturbing ~ I thought that in this country we were safe in our own homes. Nearly everyone I know now feels threatened, and is acting as though they lived in the Soviet Union, assuming they are being listened to on the phone etc.

Even Bush supporters are beginning to wonder what it was they were supporting. I wonder though, can Bush be totally blamed for all this? He couldn't have done it without others being involved and why didn't the FBI and CIA refuse?

When this story first came out, about spying on the American people, I read that some of those who worked for the NSA DID refuse to do it. But since then, I haven't seen any more about it. Those are the heroes, imo.

What also disturbs me is how easily our own fellow citizens were convinced to go along with this program. How on earth could they think that spying on your own citizens is in any way what this country is about? Maybe the whole idea of America was just a myth after all. If so, I'd rather know about it.