NSA surveillance is an attack on American citizens, says Noam Chomsky
SA surveillance is an attack on American citizens, says Noam Chomsky
Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy – their own population, says critic
Fiona Harvey in Bonn
Wednesday 19 June 2013 12.02 BST
Noam Chomsky has praised the Guardian’s revelations about the activities of the National Security Agency. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian
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In his first public comment on the scandal that has enveloped the US, UK and other governments, as well as internet companies such as Google and Microsoft, Chomsky said he was not overly surprised technology and corporations were being used in this way.
"This is obviously something that should not be done. But it is a little difficult to be too surprised by it," he said. "They [governments and corporations] take whatever is available, and in no time it is being used against us, the population. Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich."
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Other technologies could also come to be used to spy more effectively on people, he added. "They don't want people to know what they're doing. They want to be able to use [new technology] against their own people.
"Take a look at drones, and what is developing. You will find new drone technology being used in 10 or 12 years from now. They are looking at [trying to make] tiny drones that can go in your living room, like a fly on the wall."
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/nsa-surveillance-attack-american-citizens-noam-chomsky
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