A U.S. District Judge, William Pauley, has stated in a written opinion that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass collection of the telephone records of Americans is completely legal. He gave this opinion by citing the September 11th, 2001 criminal terrorist attacks as justification for the egregious behavior of the NSA and its all encompassing surveillance programs.
Pauley’s attitude reeks of hypocrisy, but more importantly exposes the farcical nature of the judicial system in this country and its nefarious relationship with the state. Many who read about this ruling will assume that the court looked at all the facts, scrutinized the obvious disconnect with the Constitution and came to this conclusion properly. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the ruling is ridiculous on its face, but purposely criminal in its intent.
Pauley is using a single event in order to justify the total destruction of liberty. This puts a whole new twist on Benjamin Franklin’s notion that “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Pauley said that this total invasion of privacy and massive surveillance by the NSA is necessary because:
“This blunt tool only works because it collects everything,” Pauley said. “The collection is broad, but the scope of counterterrorism investigations is unprecedented.”
The spokesman for the U.S. Justice Department said that “we are pleased the court found the NSA’s bulk telephony metadata collection program to be lawful.” Well of course the “Justice” Department thinks that spying on every single American citizen without any just cause is the proper course, and would obviously be pleased for the court to declare it lawful, but that does not make it so.
What is important to understand here is that there is no difference between the political classes of government and the courts. They in fact are one and the same. In other words, the federal courts are the federal government, they are not a separate and independent entity. When the courts approve the illegal and immoral behavior of the government and its agencies, it is just supporting its own. It is little different than what happens in a government investigation of itself, and that is akin to the Godfather’s son investigating his own Don.
The only reason that the American citizenry found out about the NSA and its evil activities was due to the revelations exposed by the very heroic Edward Snowden. All Pauley could say about Snowden’s discoveries was that they added “another level of absurdity in this case.” He is ignoring the criminal behavior of the NSA while condemning the truth telling messenger, a tactic constantly used by government at every level to justify wrongdoing.
Yes, we could call for this judge to be disbarred immediately, but even if that were to happen, nothing would have been solved because the system itself is totally corrupt. In order for the state to be disemboweled and made impotent, it must have its power taken away. Until that happens, the state and all its working parts, including the horrendous judicial system filled with corrupt judges, will continue to practice tyranny until its totalitarian goals are fully achieved. Bt then, we will all be slaves to the state!