Sunday, September 15, 2013

Libertarian principles for national security

Four Principles for a Libertarian National Security State - The Daily Beast - Nick Gillespie:

September 14, 2013 - "Like hits for Katy Perry, the scandals for the National Security Agency just keep coming. In the wake of revelations that the NSA has been tracking virtually every phone call ever made and sifting through Internet data like a crazed prospector panning for gold at Sutter’s Mill, there’s yet more disturbing news with every passing day....

"But a dozen years after the 9/11 attacks ushered in the global war on terror, there’s no reason that we should have to live in fear of our government’s efforts to keep us safe and warm. Here are four basic principles that should inform what might be called a libertarian national security state. That is, one that helps to protects us without routinely transgressing constitutional guarantees to privacy, due process, freedom from illegal searches, and the right to be left alone."

Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/14/four-principles-for-a-libertarian-national-security-state.html
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