US Senate rejects bill to limit NSA spying - Video
A bill that was aimed at curbing the spying programs of the US National Security Agency has been rejected by the Senate. ● The Senate voted down the USA Freedom Act by a vote of 58-42, leaving it two votes shy of the 60 it needed. The legislation would have ended bulk collection of American phone records by the NSA. Republicans, who generally opposed the bill, believe that ending the phone record metadata collection would benefit enemies of the country.
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Thomas Gaist ■ US Defense Department organizing covert operations against "the general public" || The US Defense Department (DOD) is developing domestic espionage and covert operations targeting "the general public" in coordination with the intelligence establishment and police agencies, according to a New York Times report. Taken at face value, the report amounts to an acknowledgment by the leading media organ of the US ruling class that the American government is deploying a vast, forward-deployed counter-insurgency machine to target the US population at large. Coming directly from the horse's mouth, the Times report makes clear that espionage, deception, and covert operations are now primary instruments of the US government's domestic policy and are actively deployed by the military and security agencies against the civilian population.