American Privacy: A Brief Look

In the next few days I will be posting the 2013 Outlook for the Middle East. However, I wanted to release a brief look at what this blog considers as the biggest issue facing the United States, and Western countries in the world today.

Lack of privacy. 

The issue has not been talked about by either Republicans nor Democrats because both sides have contributed to the deterioration of American privacy. Data collection by the NSA, full body scanners by the TSA, the Patriot Act all infringe on basic constitutional rights on a daily basis. This infographic just provides some basics. For more information, here are some helpful links: 

• The US Department of Justice Review on the FBI's use of National Security Letters (NSL) along with some other interesting info regarding their use at EPIC, plus ACLU's infographic
• William Binney was an NSA whistle-blower, and provided interested insight into the operations of the NSA.