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FBI director Robert Mueller confirms the use of drones in the U.S. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/robert-mueller-drones_n_3466400.html

Latest Snowden interview. Possibly more to be revealed this week. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/17/edward-snowden-truth-is-coming-and-it-cannot-be-stopped/

I just placed this book on reserve to pick up this evening at my library. Reading Chris Hedges can be unnerving. http://www.amazon.com/American-Fascists-Christian-Right-America/dp/B001O9CBAI/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371513181&sr=1-6

Why not research it and find out for yourself, which is always a great place to begin. Bateson's books are highly recommended. http://www.scribd.com/doc/138688905/Gregory-Bateson-Mind-and-Nature-Bookos-org http://www.scribd.com/doc/131741057/Steps-to-an-Ecology-of-Mind On Scribd you can read these books for free. Bateson for some is difficult reading. I recommend jumping ahead of one's comfort zone as a personal challenge.

To answer your question is more left to science classes. Do want or need others to think for you? Do you read books or are you in the least bit curious? Critical thinking skills? Evolution is about the study of survival, adaptation and conditioning. I would start with this book by Gregory Bateson. http://www.amazon.com/Steps-Ecology-Mind-Anthropology-Epistemology/dp/0226039056/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371414366&sr=1-1&keywords=gregory+bateson

This must be the real reason we are being surveilled. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/14/nsa-prism-pentagon-bracing-for-anti-government-activism-over-climate-change-disasters/

Borzacchini's books are in Italian. That presents a major problem.

No surprise at all. I have been watching this since the 'Pentagon Papers'. Here is Daniel Ellsberg commenting on this. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/daniel-ellsberg-nsa-spying_n_3429694.html

Seems as though the U.S. has been hacking the Chinese IT infrastructure. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014507127 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/edward-snowden-south-china-morning-post-hong-kong-_n_3430082.html For anyone wanting to stay current on this; http://www.reuters.com/news/us

Congress persons expressing anger after extent of program is revealed. It is Congress that approved of this and has been briefed. Just feigning ignorance and passing the buck to someone else. The hearings on this must be open to the public with no more claims of internal security! http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014506849

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/11/civil-liberties-groups-launch-stopwatching-us-to-protest-surveillance/

Rep. Peter King wants to prosecute reporters. That violates the 1st. amendment! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/peter-king-reporters-prosecuted_n_3424541.html

Don't say we weren't warned over 50 years ago about the dangers of the 'military industrial complex'. Eisenhower warns about the dangers of. The NSA is part of the Pentagon.

Coursera is a California company offering free online education in partnership with several state university systems. Credit and noncredit courses are being offered. There are some who may consider this the wave of the future but given the nature of this particular format, very little peer interaction will take place, let alone personal contact with a professor. I see this as the continual decline in quality education; poor to nonexistent critical thinking, below average math and science skills. What about the liberal arts? http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014495838 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/education/universities-team-with-online-course-provider.html?_r=0

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014505119

How many attacks has the security infrastructure prevented? NSA didn't prevent 9/11! Department of Homeland Security needs to be deleted. 60 billion plus budget. What a waste of money!

Appears that Snowden may be granted asylum by the Russians. In exchange for? http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014505919

The White House welcomes media interest in the spying program. White house spokesman declares that we must "struggle" with a balance between security and Constitutional rights. What they mean is that the 'security state' is growing and to resist is futile. The elite prefer using fear to undermine our basic rights. I wish the fear mongering would stop! http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/09/white-house-welcomes-media-interest-in-prism-online-spying-program/

The 'Patriot Act', NSA, FISA Court and TSA must be deleted!

Civil suit filed against Obama, NSA, Verizon, Holder et al. http://torrentfreak.com/former-u-s-prosecutor-sues-obama-and-nsa-over-prism-scandal-130610/ http://torrentfreak.com/images/PRISM-class.pdf The U.S. Congress should be made defendants given that Congress approved the spying.

I forgot to mention that Edward Snowden worked for a private corporate contractor for the NSA.

This is a good one. Oh yea! Just let the private sector take care of it. Give the corporations more power! http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-security-lawmakersbre9580ab-20130609,0,711549.story

Government insists that 'Prism program' be kept secret. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/government-says-secret-court-opinion-law-underlying-prism-program-needs-stay Are we seeing an end to the great experiment of Democracy? Is Democracy too much too handle? For unevolved humans it is!