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<\/a><\/p>\nPrying Eyes in the Skies over America<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The Disturbing Presence of Video Surveillance in our Lives<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Mainstreaming the Unconstitutional Idea of Domestic Reconnaissance<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By Scott Rohter, April 26, 2013<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere have been enough violations of our civil liberties, enough infringements of our Constitutionally guaranteed Rights, enough warrantless searches in the name of National security, enough video surveillance of law abiding Americans, and enough immigration from Muslim countries\u2026 Enough is enough. We are a Nation that is too deeply divided.\u201d –\u00a0 <\/i>Scott Rohter<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n We are so hopelessly divided that it looks like we will never agree on anything again as a Nation. We can\u2019t even agree on the most basic things… Our elections are decided with less than a simple majority of the popular vote. There is never a mandate to move forward in any particular direction. Consensus is not possible. Politicians are dishonest, and the mainstream media routinely and systematically lie to us and cover up for corrupt\u00a0public officials every day. Take for instance the conspiracy to cover up what actually occurred at our Embassy in Benghazi, or the complete news blackout going on right now\u00a0at the trial of the abortion doctor, Kermit Gosnell\u00a0in Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n When the Old Media<\/i> is not deliberately\u00a0outright lying to us, they are unwittingly being used by the current\u00a0administration to broadcast misleading information in a concerted effort to manipulate and control public opinion. Our leaders have forsaken honor. Integrity is lacking. Money is everything. It\u2019s all about money… money and power. Elections and public policy are determined by slick Madison Avenue marketing campaigns that manipulate public opinion much like a physical therapist maneuvers a broken limb. And the results of these elections are counted in a procedure resembling\u00a0foxes guarding the hen house\u2026 a process that is generally and widely presumed to contain ample amounts of voter fraud. There is nowhere\u00a0to go from here but up really from this all-time National low, yet who or what will give America a gentle nudge in the right direction so we can begin to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps as a society, and put some time and distance between us and this all too familiar status-quo?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n After the twin Boston Marathon bombings it is obvious that security cameras are watching just about every move\u00a0we make on the streets of Boston and New York City these days. In New York all of the data from all of the digital cameras is being collected, stored, and integrated into one big central data base which can filter and search all files for any particular query. For instance, \u201cShow me all persons carrying a backpack in Times Square on April 25 between the hours of 3pm and 5pm in the afternoon\u201d,<\/i> or\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u201c Search a certain block on 5<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> Avenue for all persons wearing a blue shirt during the lunch-time hour.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Is it reasonable to assume that if you are just out for a leisurely walk, or if you are jogging to or from work, or\u00a0home, or from your car that you should daily be subjected to what amounts to routine video surveillance? Why? What crime are you accused of? What crime are millions of New Yorkers even suspected of committing that justifies this kind of dragnet surveillance?\u00a0\u00a0Other than the fact that we are all descended from Adam and Eve, and we all bear the consequences of original sin\u2026 we are all still presumed to be innocent until proven guilty under our Constitution. That\u2019s the way it is supposed to be. Innocent until proven guilty does not mean being subjected to unwarranted video surveillance every day without even being suspected of committing a crime. Why are millions of New Yorkers who are walking the streets of Boston and Manhattan today who are not accused of committing any crimes, being routinely spied on and subjected to what amounts to be video camera reconnaissance missions?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>America is bitterly divided, so divided in fact that we can\u2019t agree on anything anymore. We are divided in many different ways by many different things. We are divided by race, religion, ethnicity, politics, and economic status. This is good news for Democrats who frequently like to play the race card, the sex card, and the poverty card. We are divided into men and women, rich and poor, old and young, married or single, religious or secular, Christian and Jew, and now Muslim, Blacks and Whites, Anglos and Hispanics, liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, patriots and progressives, and in countless other ways too numerous to mention. With all of this division in our country there is always\u00a0a way for Democrat politicians to pit one group of Americans against another.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>It certainly won\u2019t be National Public Radio. This morning I heard some very troubling news on that scion of new world socialism. They reported that certain universities in America are now offering students college courses culminating in a degree in unmanned aerial surveillance technology. In other words they are teaching the next generation of American college students how to pilot drones in our homeland. Keep in mind that this is for civilian and police work, not<\/span> for military use. Is there no end to how low our elected officials will stoop, or how far down the road to socialism and tyranny they will\u00a0lead us? Why do we need to train a veritable civilian army of unmanned aerial surveillance pilots to fly reconnaissance missions here at home? For what purpose? Do we need to make it any easier to spy on Americans under The Patriot Act,<\/i> and The National Defense Authorization Act?<\/i> Are we preparing a work force of joy stick snoops just to keep tabs on loyal American citizens?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>We are told by the authorities that once we step out of our own front door, we have no reasonable expectation of privacy anymore. So say the illustrious men and women of our United States Supreme Court, but that is not\u00a0exactly what the U.S. Constitution says. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution reads as follows. \u201cThe Right of the People to be Secure in their Persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated\u2026\u201d \u00a0Secure in their<\/span><\/i> Persons<\/span>\u2026 is\u00a0<\/i>followed by the phrase Shall not be violated<\/span>.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 In other words we are supposed to be secure from unreasonable searches even when we are not in our own houses. We are supposed to be safe from this kind of witch hunt without a warrant\u2026 But that is not what occurred in Boston.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0And that is not what occurred in Watertown in the aftermath of the bombing. Heavily armed police swat teams assisted by the FBI and\u00a0ATF agents stormed into innocent people\u2019s homes and ordered them to get out of their houses at a moment\u2019s notice at gun point. Everyone in America is now routinely being spied upon every day of their lives by the government, thanks to this kind of misguided thinking on the Supreme Court.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n