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Originally Posted by MaDalton
do you think the communist hunt in the McCarthy era was justified from todays point of view - including death penalties that later turned out to be judicial errors - and even though your family might not have been affected personally?
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If this thread was about the actions that took place in the McCarthy era I would have a different opinion. Why? Because that was a completely different situation.
What if they had this system in place during 9/11?
Same relevancy. The McCarthy situation was wrong, 9/11 would have been fantastic.
But what you have with both of those situations now is hindsight to see who was hurt, how and for what or what could have been prevented. The information Snowden has now is all he will ever have. To be clear the leak is shut and Snowden knows what he knows. We can look back now.
So what is there?
Let's get the perspective. Who was hurt, how and for what?
What I have heard is something I have always assumed. If I started planning a major attack and I use electronic means to discuss and plan it, some light in a government office underground will blink and someone will put on their "headphones".
Is there more?