LET NSA DROWN IN THE DATA

The internet was designed to be open and redundant. There is NO WAY we can stop governments from accessing internet information. So the best response is to give them LOTS of data and let them drown in it. Feel free to change formats every once in a while. Let them DROWN IN THE DATA.

Two examples of this from history.

When the Romans asked, "Who is Spartacus?", many stood up and said, "I am Spartacus." It is difficult to post a head on the city walls if everyone claims to be the prospective head.

When the Nazis told the Danish Jews to wear yellow Stars of David, the next day the King rode in the park wearing a yellow Star of David. Almost all Danes then wore the Stars of David. It is difficult to round up and kill Jews if everyone claims to be a Jew.

If you are so STUPID as to use an internet cafe to send secure communications, you deserve to have your communications compromised. It is well known that you can not even safely complete an internet purchase at an internet cafe.

It is paranoid and completely crazy to go to a communist country and expect to have due process of law. Of course, the US has encouraged this type of paranoia by over prosecuting cases. The Manning case is different as he is in the military. I am sorry his commanders are not also being charged with dereliction of duty. To give so much information to a mixed up kid is asking for trouble.

If you are thinking of whistleblowing in the US, you need to hire a world class civil rights attorney BEFORE you tell the world who you are. Then, if you "disappear", someone with clout will be on your side. The Chinese have clout, but I am not certain that they will protect Snowden.

A PBS show on Shakespeare showed all of the volumes written by Queen Elizabeth's spies. All I could think of was that NOBODY could read all that stuff. And even if someone read all that stuff, it would take a person with intelligence and perspective to pick out the 'bad guys'. It is rare that a person with intelligence and perspective is willing to spend a lifetime reading really boring gossip.