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The war on terror has become almost self-perpetuating, driving an insatiable demand for endless surveillance, even as the surveillance state faces unprecedented challenges. A political battle now rages over the future of NSA spying, with tactics escalating on all sides. While citizens fight back against privacy encroachments, the NSA and its allies in the White House, Congress, and the courts continue expanding their reach, monitoring trillions of messages and deploying state-of-the-art facial recognition software. The agency is also building massive storage facilities, including a $1.7 billion top-secret data center in Utah, the size of 17 football fields. Surveillance programs launched after 9/11 targeted Muslim and Middle Eastern communities, monitoring mosques, businesses, and restaurants (policies that many saw as violations of civil rights). The NSA now holds data on federal judges, members of Congress, and officials across the executive branch. Though often described as “just metadata,” this information could be devastating if misused, giving the public good reason to be concerned. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Citizens' opinions ▷ 02:11 - The Future of Spying ▷ 04:51 - Encrypting in journalism

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Stasi, KGB, and the American Police State | America's Surveillance State (6/6)
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