Wednesday, June 12, 2013

History of USA Surveillance of US Citizens



Published on Jun 12, 2013
The world was hit with a one-two punch of the US government surveilling innocent citizens recently. First it was the Verizon phone records collection, and second was PRISM. But the US has always spied on its citizens, so we shouldn't be surprised by these latest cases. The Resident (aka Lori Harfenist) walks through the US' long history of citizen surveillance. Follow The Resident on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/TheResident