NSA surveillance troubling, but Stasi-like? no MT @emptywheel: Chomsky v. @bartongellman on if NSA is like the Stasi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RB7U_0ARbMI …
@KenGude One area that greatly concerns me--which they ARE doing--is using dragnets to find people to coerce into informants @bartongellman
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@emptywheel@bartongellman justified fear. But Stasi made nation of informants, very culturally corrosive. + murder/torture/jail/repression -
@KenGude Yes. FBI doesn't have as many informants. They just have far more intrusive tools to pinpoint and coerce them.@bartongellman -
@emptywheel Not being the Stasi is extremely low bar 4 intel agency 2 clear & doesnt detract from concerns you & others make@bartongellman -
@KenGude Agree. And that dragnet informant thing is first thing that made me worry it was like, albeit different in scale@bartongellman
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