{"id":14431,"date":"2015-11-15T08:42:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T13:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14431"},"modified":"2015-11-15T08:42:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T13:42:19","slug":"it-is-time-to-knock-off-the-bullshit-about-surveillance-for-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14431","title":{"rendered":"It is Time to Knock off the Bullshit About Surveillance for Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/archives\/39316\" target=\"_blank\">It is Time to Knock off the Bullshit About Surveillance for Terrorism<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/NSA-Utah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-32681 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/374x210xNSA-Utah.jpg.pagespeed.ic.qpUsX_Wh11.jpg\" alt=\"NSA-Utah\" width=\"374\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The worldwide collection of phone calls, emails, text messages and our total loss of privacy is all about taxes \u2013 NOT terrorism. With all this power and the demand that encryption be outlawed, not any of this surveillance has stopped one terrorist act. There was the Boston bombers, two kids using cell phones. They didn\u2019t catch that either. Then there was the two guys dressing up as women who attacked the NSA itself. They didn\u2019t know about that. Then Charlie Hebdo, that too was a surprise. Now we have an all out assault on civilians in Paris carried out by 3 suicide squads and again they were clueless.This\u00a0surveillance does not work because they are<strong>\u00a0really<\/strong>\u00a0monitoring the people for taxes or they would not be\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/interactive\/2013\/nov\/01\/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded#section\/1\">storing everything forever<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wendemuseum.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/23\/ministry-for-state-security-stasi-smelling-jars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-39317 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2015\/11\/smelling-jars.jpg\" alt=\"smelling-jars\" width=\"320\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2015\/11\/Ministry-for-State-Security-Stasi-smelling-jars-_-From-the-Vault.pdf\">Ministry for State Security (Stasi) smelling jars _ From the Vault<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get honest here. The only other intelligence agency to collect evidence on everyone was the notorious Stasi of East Germany. When the Wall came down, the extent of the secret police operations targeted against their own people was mind-blowing. What surfaced was their\u00a0<em><strong>\u201csmelling jars\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0collection. Yes, the Stasi used odour recognition to keep tabs on anyone they suspected. The Stasi often collected the samples covertly by breaking into homes to stealing a suspects\u2019 used underwear. They then kept them in jars in case they turned up missing to hunt them down.<\/p>\n<p>A friend grew up behind the Wall. When it fell, his father obtained the Stasi file on him just as the NSA now builds on everyone. In that file he read that all his friends were reporting on him to the Stasi. He no longer retains any friends for his trust in humanity was destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is Time to Knock off the Bullshit About Surveillance for Terrorism The worldwide collection of phone calls, emails, text messages and our total loss of privacy is all about taxes \u2013 NOT terrorism. With all this power and the demand that encryption be outlawed, not any of this surveillance has stopped one terrorist act. 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