CPAC 2016-2019: on Technology


Joe Miller: NSA recording digital cell phone calls is turnkey tyranny

We now have documentation that our government was involved in the surveillance of our phone calls. Clandestine agencies have admitted to metadata gathering. You know, there are NSA whistleblowers who have suggested that in fact most digital cell phone calls are recorded. You've got all sorts of aggressive action taking place at the federal level which is really, I think, a violation of what the founders intended with the Fourth Amendment--unreasonable search and seizure.

And I agree with what some have said, that this is essentially turnkey tyranny. That you've got a government with now so much information that's gathered unconstitutionally, that it does pose a threat to freedom.

The expanse of the federal government in ways that the founders didn't intend--intruding on states' rights--another area that gives me great cause for concern.

Source: Salon.com 2014 CPAC interview on 2014 Alaska Senate race Mar 10, 2014

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