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Remember when they were calling for regime change in China because of mass surveillance? This is the USA today (www.youtube.com)

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

When the constitutional lawyer Barack Obama ran for president, he said that the was against warrentless mass surveillance.

When Snowden revealed the wide use of the PRSIM and Five Eyes agreements to enable mass surveillance of multiple countries without court order, Obama then had Snowden's passport revoked while he was looking for political asylum, and said:

On June 19, 2013, U.S. president Barack Obama, during a visit to Germany, stated that the NSA's data gathering practices constitute "a circumscribed, narrow system directed at us being able to protect our people".[21]

Obama didn't reel in the NSA when it was made public, as a constitutional lawyer because it was trying to stop terrorists. Like how Bush did. Like how Trump did. Like how Biden did. Like how Trump is now.

They don't care about you. They want you to think they do. But if they did, they'd end the panopticon state. Obama didn't even close GitMo.