Comey Says Nobody Has Absolute Privacy

Interesting quote:

“There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America; there is no place outside of judicial reach,” Comey said at a Boston College conference on cybersecurity. He made the remark as he discussed the rise of encryption since 2013 disclosures by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed sensitive US spy practices.

“Even our communications with our spouses, with our clergy members, with our attorneys are not absolutely private in America,” Comey added. “In appropriate circumstances, a judge can compel any one of us to testify in court about those very private communications.”

But, he also said Americans “have a reasonable expectation of privacy in our homes, in our cars, in our devices.

“It is a vital part of being an American. The government cannot invade our privacy without good reason, reviewable in court,” Comey continued.

Normally a law enforcement officer leader would see his job, in part, as fostering good community relations. A community that likes and respects law enforcement agencies is more likely to cooperate with tips, and support law enforcement when inevitable legal issues and controversies arise with their activities. If I gave that speech, my entire focus would be on how this never affects normal citizens, and it is only for bad guys.

But what Comey does here is interesting. He begins with an amygdala trigger, basically saying, “We can do what we want, and everyone is going to be subject to it.” Then he backs it away in the second part, which in cognitive neuroscience will desensitize people exposed to the initial shock.

Amygdala desensitization through exposure therapy entails being exposed to the trigger, and then being relaxed, to teach the brain not to trigger to the initial stimulus. If I didn’t know better, I would think Comey’s speech was professionally designed to desensitize people to that initial proposition, that nobody has any expectation of “absolute privacy.” Perhaps if this initial effort is successful, one day “absolute privacy” will be updated in phase two to “any privacy.”

Increasingly, we are seeing more and more where government, media (practically an arm of government these days), and even the leaks released to Wikileaks, all seem designed to say to the public, “We will do what we want to you, and all the laws, decency, and everything else you used to think were a part of America no longer exist,” followed by a quiet caveat that this will never happen to people who don’t break the law or do terrorism. (The latter part being utter bullshit, I can say with no doubt.)

I even wondered if Snowden was a plant, in a larger plot to desensitize the public to the idea of government spying on everyone, and taking full control of their privacy, and perhaps one day, their lives. The idea of a CIA security guard suddenly being shifted to overseeing the transfer of NSA’s master database to Hawaii, and having the keys to the entire castle always seemed strange. Then he released all the data on obscure programs, but not the real shock, which would have been how it has been applied, and to whom.

Looking at Comey’s statement, it certainly does not diminish my suspicions that such a plot is afoot.

Imagine where a plot like that begins like that ends, if you dare.

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