Have you heard this story? Congress authorized the use of eight Predator Drones to be used for border patrol, to keep people crossing illegally from our northern and southern borders. But already they've been used in two separate instances within the United States to follow US citizens. Patriot Act? Not enough. Listen in on our phone calls? Not enough. Tracking your web searches? Not enough. GPS in your car, phone, tablet, etc. to track your movements? Not enough. Creating a watch list of people who are a part of organizations, like Caribou lodge, Boy Scouts, and churches? Not enough. Now we have unmanned aircraft designed to hunt our nations enemies like a hawk hunts a rat now being used to hunt us.
Someone once said that security and freedom were antonyms. Our founders gave up their security to chase freedom. Now we give up freedom to chase security. All the while we become less safe, especially from ourselves.
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