As we learned from Sunday’s broadcast, Los Angeles Occupy was forced to leave their tent city on the front lawn of city hall this week. Hundreds of protesters were encouraged to leave by a massive effort by LAPD. From the front lines, we’ve heard about the large police presence as well as the overall feeling from the Occupiers that the word “freedom” has taken on a new meaning to them.
We are free to do many things in this country, but as you look at the privacy laws over the years especially post 911, personal freedoms have certainly taken a plunge. You don’t need to be a conspiracy theorist to realize that especially with technology advancement, personal privacy is really a thing of the past. You are scanned and under surveillance and scrutiny by the government in ways you may not even realize. The obvious ones in recent years have been debated and reported by mainstream media, but what about the surveillance and government prying you don’t know anything about? Systems that we pay for that give power to unelected individuals to be able to know everything about you, your family and every facet of your personal finance and private conversations. Yes, these are monitored, scanned and scrutinized under the umbrella of national security efforts. Regular Joe may be angered about having to get a body scan boarding a plane, but does he know about Echelon?
Wiki describes ECHELON as a name used in global media and in popular culture to describe a signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection and analysis network operated on behalf of the five signatory states to the UK–USA Security Agreement (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, known as AUSCANNZUKUS or Five Eyes). It has also been described as the only software system which controls the download and dissemination of the intercept of commercial satellite trunk communications. Thanks Mr. Wales!
In simple terms, this high powered software global network is a monitoring system for all communications involved within your life. Of course, Echelon has practical implications that make sense to find and react upon “terrorist” chatter, but now with the days of Occupy upon us, what is the definition of a “terrorist”? What is allowed to be monitored and who has oversight. Ask these questions around the beltway and you’re probably destined for a frustrating investigation.
Personal freedom is slipping away in the US, and Occupy has only helped point out how easy it is for a group of mayors from different cities to meet and decide within a few hours to kill an unwanted agenda. Again, technology makes much of this possible. Someone years ago warned us through his manifesto about tech, unfortunately the dude was correct, but insane as well. Currently he’s in super max until his dying day.
When you analyze what Occupy has accomplished thus far, I would point to more awareness wins rather than policy change efforts. Either way, that’s a good thing.
-JR



November 30th, 2011
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Charles James Hall was a weather observer in the United States Air Force and was stationed at Indian Springs, Nevada in the mid-sixties. He worked on memoirs in his spare time for over 18 years. He expected to leave his memoirs to his grandchildren. When his wife, Marie, discovered his detailed accounts of the terrifying experiences he had with extraterrestrials over a two year period, she convinced him that the grandchildren could just as easily read his stories after he published them.

