Only We Can Spy On Us

They can't spy on us....only we can spy on us. This is ironic. It seems US Government officials are concerned that the Chinese are spying on them.

The mobile e-mail blackout is the latest sign of U.S. concerns over Chinese cyber-spying. Sensitive presidential communications are always encrypted, but government cyber-security experts are worried about electronic eavesdropping on the BlackBerries, which are difficult to protect from snooping.

BlackBerries have been banned on other presidential foreign trips but the order underscores specific concerns about Chinese spying during the Olympics.

So it's quite alright for the USA to spy on its own citizens but not ok for other countries to spy on their citizens? That dilemma is what comes from our government ignoring our laws by using torture, rendition, warrant less spying etc. We no longer have the moral high ground to criticize countries like China.

Republican Senator Sam Brownback is most outraged about Chinese eavesdropping during the Olympic Games. Here is irony at its best. Senator Brownback voted for the "Protect America Act" last year and he also for the FISA Amendment Act which allows the U.S. Government to tap directly into the U.S. telecommunications systems in order to monitor international emails and telephone calls with no individual warrant required.

Next, watch for the conservative pundits to start decrying these horrible, human-rights defying acts by the Chinese. If you point out to these pundits that the USA is doing the same thing to its own citizens - watch them call you unpatriotic or worse yet, a traitor.