Americans need to "redefine" what privacy is...

Donald Kerr, a rather gutsy Intelligence Official states that Americans should redefine what privacy is -- or the interpretation I take from it: cope with the fact that we're going to be watching every single thing you do.. Now - if we have to redefine what privacy is, then maybe Mr. Kerr would rather that we do away with the term altogether -- at least that's his ultra-paranoid stance on gathering intelligence procedures and process..

The mere notion of having the government be intrusive enough to be able to monitor everything you and I do -- *should* be a valid concern of us.. If Mr. Kerr has his way -- he'll want to know what you're thinking, what you dream about and whether or not chose Jiff over Skippy peanut butter and why you did that.. I'm not jesting as much as I'm calling to question why the government needs to have such access to our lives as it is.. After all, we have enough intrusion as it is when we consider that they are already monitoring our bank transactions and our telephone conversations.. It's no mystery that they've even been spying online on us for a really long time..

So my question to Mr. Kerr is simply: "to what end??"

To prevent another 9/11 from happening?? I can see that U.S. Intelligence has done so much to stop other "terrorist" entities -- insomuch that terrorists are not as dumb as Bush and Mr. Kerr would imply. That's why I've always been a strong opponent to a "carpet bombing" approach to US intelligence..

Think about it: we've existed as a country for over 200 years without the need of such intrusion-based methodology of obtaining intelligence.. The "carpet bombing" approach simply doesn't work.. Look at TSA's complete incompetence to DISCOVER bomb making material when it's PLACED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEM.......

Bottom line: Mr. Kerr and the Bush administration has done NOTHING to even confront the most simplistic question of "exactly how effective has this 'carpet bombing' approach to intelligence gathering been??" We get the political two-step response which ultimately needs to no where..

Americans generally offer: "we have nothing to hide, let them watch me" -- but deep down, I doubt any of us would volunteer to have cameras placed in our homes with microphones knowing that someone is watching us and listening to what we're doing.. The political structure in this country under Bush has fueled a sense of paranoia on the scale that none of us have seen before..

Take a closer look at the books and movies on this type of regime process - and let's all decide if this is a rabbit hole we really want to go down..

Sorry Mr. Kerr - your quarter is up...