Monday, April 27, 2009
No Boondoggle Too Big
Tom Burghart reports on the FBI/FEMA/NSA collaboration in preventing anti-war protestors and journalists from communicating with presidential candidates last summer. While this is not entirely new news, the fact that military spy satellites were used to intercept phone and e-mail between activists and journalists lends an intriguing perspective on our national security state. Indeed, it only proves that for the ruling class, there is absolutely no boondoggle too big.