Transparency: The Ultimate Check and Balance
"Unwarranted government surveillance is an intrusion on basic human rights that threatens the very foundations of a democratic society." -- Tim Berners Lee, Wired Take just two minutes of your time, right now, to help what the Atlantic called “perhaps the most diverse collection of groups in the modern history of American politics.” (There aren't many issues that the ACLU, Green Party, the Tea Party Association, and Occupy Wallstreet groups--just to name a few--can all agree on... but this is one of them.) Add your name to the 524.600+ signatures at StopWatching.Us to let Congress know this is not okay. Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin Checks and balances don't work when they operate in total secrecy; Transparency is the ultimate check and balance. If our elected officials are doing things we do not like or agree with, we are able to vote them out...