These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.

~ Edward Snowden

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Spray a bug with a toxin and it dies; spray a man, spray his brain, and he becomes an insect that clacks and vibrates about in a closed circle forever. A reflex machine, like an ant. Repeating his last instruction.

~ Philip K. Dick

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A slow but steady transformation of deviance has taken place in American society. It has not been a change in behavior as such, but in how behavior is defined. Deviant behaviors that were once defined as immoral, sinful, or criminal have been given medical meanings. Some say that rehabilitation has replaced punishment, but in many cases medical treatments have become a new form of punishment and social control.

~ Peter Conrad

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If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security.

~ Bruce Schneier

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