> More fundamentally, the "US Persons" protection in general is a distraction from the power and danger of this system. Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%. Our founders did not write that "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all US Persons are created equal."
It's insane that the president is openly declaring that they are more than willing to violate people's civil rights, just as long as they didn't happen to be born in the USA.
(And what about dual citizens? Or US citizens like me that live abroad? OR THE SIX AND A HALF BILLION OTHER HUMANS WHO DESERVE PRIVACY TOO)
> More fundamentally, the "US Persons" protection in general is a distraction from the power and danger of this system. Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%. Our founders did not write that "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all US Persons are created equal."
It's insane that the president is openly declaring that they are more than willing to violate people's civil rights, just as long as they didn't happen to be born in the USA.
(And what about dual citizens? Or US citizens like me that live abroad? OR THE SIX AND A HALF BILLION OTHER HUMANS WHO DESERVE PRIVACY TOO)