The G20 has now given its blessing to the NSA to do whatever it wants. They are blaming Snowden for the recent terror attacks, but their blame has a huge hole. The G20 entered an agreement to share ALL information on money movement for taxes purposes (as in FATCA). So even if Snowden did not expose the truth, government’s greedy fingers are still into everything.
Congress personally told me that the NSA began surveilling all of their emails nearly two years before Snowden came forward. That means that every journalist in DC also knew. Everyone in the intelligence agencies would have known, and without Snowden, terrorist organizations would have known as well.
This is a giant lie and an excuse for government to do as they like. Ben Franklin’s warning now comes to mind, for you do not burn down the barn to get a single mouse.