The Spy State Tightens its Grip

"Recent initiatives by three of the lead agencies engaged in citizen surveillance -- National Security Agency (NSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Defense Department’s research arm, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) – outline the tightening grip of the spy state. The ostensible rationale for the tightening of the digital security grip is to track potential foreign cyber-threats.  It is, however, evident that federal agencies are increasingly surveilling the electronic lives of ordinary Americans."