Now We Are Supposed to Cheer Government Surveillance?

A few weeks ago, the New York Times told us that “As It Turns Out, the Deep State Is Pretty Awesome.” These are the same people who claim that Trump is trying to get rid of democracy. The Deep State is the opposite of democracy, unelected and unaccountable in every way, impervious to elections and the will of the people. Now we have the NYT celebrating this. 

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And the latest bears notice too: “Government Surveillance Keeps Us Safe.” The authors are classic Deep Staters associated with Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush. They assure us that having an Orwellian state is good for us. You can trust them, promise. The rest of the content of the article doesn’t matter much. The message is in the headline. 

Amazing isn’t it? You have to check your memory and your sanity. These are the people who have rightly warned about government infringements on privacy and free speech for many decades dating way back.

Ed Morrissey

The Section 702 renewal is a conundrum, to be sure. At times, it appears that the US intel community is leading Congress by the nose. But 702 relates to surveillance of foreign nationals, not "US persons," and what's needed is more checks on its usage to ensure it's not used to ensnare the latter. 

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