Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Stephen Anderson
“What started out after Watergate to prevent secret unauthorized surveillance of US citizens by the president and others in the federal government resulted with an abundance of secret and warrantless surveillance of US citizens and non-US citizens by the federal government. The executive branch surveillance power has grown in the past fifty years through use of the FISA courts. One lesson of supposed ‘reform’ in Washington was really more centralization and expansion of federal surveillance power.” (08/28/24)