A long and fascinating article that shows just how screwed we are. http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013...-our-smart-meters-and-in-many-other-ways.html
I find it really impressive he was able to read it and make a post within a minute of SPD posting it.
some dead give aways The ACLU published a map in 2006 showing that nearly two-thirds of the American public – 197.4 million people – live within a “constitution-free zone” within 100 miles of land and coastal borders: The ACLU explained: ■Normally under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the American people are not generally subject to random and arbitrary stops and searches. ■The border, however, has always been an exception. There, the longstanding view is that the normal rules do not apply. For example the authorities do not need a warrant or probable cause to conduct a “routine search.” ■But what is “the border”? According to the government, it is a 100-mile wide strip that wraps around the “external boundary” of the United States.
Here you are BP. Some light reading to get you fully caught up to the state of the world today http://www.theguardian.com/world/the-nsa-files