To Fix Surveillance, Fix Government

Short post because I am away with the family, but I can’t help myself given the shutdowns of Lavabit and Silent Mail. This is what I mean when I say we are headed for a spy-versus-spy society between citizens and government. The way forward is not for citizens to embrace these crypto services and setting of an ever stronger government reaction.

The way forward is for us to take back government from lobbyists and the military-industrial-surveillance complex. One starting point for that is redoubling our efforts on the American Anti-Corruption Act and the work of United Republic. The other thing we must do is to immediately demand more transparency from government, holding officials to higher standards than citizens.