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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill would create partnership between NSA and U.S. corporations
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/07/bill-would-create-partnership-between-nsa-and-u-s-corporations/Speaking at a policy debate Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation, a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) warned that a bill currently being considered by the House Select Committee on Intelligence would intertwine the National Security Agency (NSA) with corporate America, exposing vast amounts of private civilian data to unprecedented levels of monitoring, all in the name of cybersecurity.
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Call me paranoid and yes in general this is a good idea HOWEVER with with Employers demanding more infomation from people (like if they are on facebook or twitter.) How much personal and private infomation is going to the NSA?
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Bill would create partnership between NSA and U.S. corporations (Original Post)
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Mar 2012
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Taverner
(55,476 posts)1. Fascism, or Corporatism
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)2. Yes, as in bundling together government and industry for a shared purpose
Which more or less meets the basic one-liner definition of fascism.
As scary as industry becoming involved with the national security apparatus is, it is not the same as totalitarian dictatorship.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)3. K & R !!!
varelse
(4,062 posts)4. Bad idea