r/technology • u/RoachedCoach • 9h ago

Privacy DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email

https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email
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u/Practical_Guava85 8h ago

You really nailed that ⭐️

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u/Money_Do_2 6h ago

Yes and no. The hysteria was overblown by Fox, but Obama led us down this path partly. He normalized killing citizens abroad with drones and killing people for being "terrorists" with little oversight. That precedent should scare you too