ics contract requires them to “[identify] media reports that reflect adversely on the U.S. Government, DHS, or prevent, protect, respond government activities.” The DHS also instructed General Dynamics to generate “reports on DHS, Components, and other Federal Agencies: positive and negative reports on FEMA, CIA, CBP, ICE, etc. as well as organizations outside the DHS.” In other words, the DHS wants to know who you are if you say anything critical about the government.
Anybody thinking of the name “Goebbels” at this point is not out of line.
Nothing To Do With Security
This has nothing at all to do with keeping us safe:
- Remember, widespread spying on Americans began before 9/11.
- The Federal Reserve is also apparently going to start monitoring all criticism against it.
- In modern America, the government has been using anti-terror laws to crush dissent.
- Protest is considered low-level terrorism, as is questioning war, asking questions about pollution or about Wall Street shenanigans, supporting Ron Paul, being a libertarian, holding gold, stocking up on more than 7 days of food, or investigating factory farming.
- Even pointing out that the government is exercising tyrannical powers can get you harassed.
- We’ve gone from a nation of laws to a nation of powerful men arbitrarily making laws in secret in order to protect their power.