One diverting aspect of the hullaballoo over NSA surveillance has been watching people bicker about it on Facebook. In the old Soviet Union, people walked in the woods or hid in the bathroom with the faucets running to whisper forbidden thoughts. Here in the USA, people post them online along with cute kitten videos.Recently, I advised my Facebook friend Theo Jordan how to conduct an intrigue without government spooks catching on.
The surveillance state debate