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===ECHELON===

===ECHELON===

Project [[ECHELON]] is a program that came to public light during the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] era.<ref name=times>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/503224.stm |title=Echelon spy network revealed |work=[[BBC]] |date= March 16, 2008 }}</ref>.  Since this was discovered while under left wing governance, news outlets such as [[The New York Times]] were in support of it<ref name=times>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2006/01/under_clinton_ny_times_called.html |title=Under Clinton, NY Times called surveillance "a necessity" |work=[[American Thinker]] |date=January 12, 2006 }}</ref>.

Project [[ECHELON]] is a program that came to public light during the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] era.<ref name=times>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/503224.stm |title=Echelon spy network revealed |work=[[BBC]] |date= March 16, 2008 }}</ref>.  Since this was discovered while under left wing governance, news outlets such as [[The New York Times]] were in support of it<ref name=times>{{cite web |url=https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2006/01/under_clinton_ny_times_called.html |title=Under Clinton, NY Times called surveillance "a necessity" |work=[[American Thinker]] |date=January 12, 2006 }}</ref>.

===Airport Pat Downs===

===Airport Pat Downs===

Not all surveillance occurs in an electronic form with either cameras, or behind the scenes in a phone or internet connected situation, or both.  In 2010 the [[Transportation Security Administration]] implemented new<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/28/airline.security.pat.down/ |title=TSA to phase in new pat-down procedures at airports nationwide |work=[[CNN]] |date=October 29, 2010 }}</ref> pat down procedures that were sometimes referred to as "legal groping"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/21/tsa.pat.downs/ |title=Enhanced pat-downs necessary for now, TSA chief says |work=[[CNN]] |date=November 21, 2010 }}</ref>.

Not all surveillance occurs in an electronic form with either cameras, or behind the scenes in a phone or internet connected situation, or both.  In 2010 the [[Transportation Security Administration]] implemented new<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/28/airline.security.pat.down/ |title=TSA to phase in new pat-down procedures at airports nationwide |work=[[CNN]] |date=October 29, 2010 }}</ref> pat down procedures that were sometimes referred to as "legal groping"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/21/tsa.pat.downs/ |title=Enhanced pat-downs necessary for now, TSA chief says |work=[[CNN]] |date=November 21, 2010 }}</ref>.

====High Profile Incidents====

====High Profile Incidents====

While groping has been much talked about and for some seems like a common place occurrence<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-tsa-records-detail-alleged-sexual-assaults-of-travelers-at-three-u-s-airports/ |title=Judicial Watch: TSA Records Detail Alleged Sexual Assaults of Travelers at Three U.S. Airports |work=[[Judicial Watch]] |date=May 12, 2015 }}</ref>, it is not just individual citizens who are finding themselves in this situation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/04/15/2-tsa-screeners-in-denver-fired-over-groping-scheme-allegations/ |title=2 TSA screeners in Denver fired over groping scheme allegations |work=[[Fox News]] |date=April 15, 2015 }}</ref>.

While groping has been much talked about and for some seems like a common place occurrence<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-tsa-records-detail-alleged-sexual-assaults-of-travelers-at-three-u-s-airports/ |title=Judicial Watch: TSA Records Detail Alleged Sexual Assaults of Travelers at Three U.S. Airports |work=[[Judicial Watch]] |date=May 12, 2015 }}</ref>, it is not just individual citizens who are finding themselves in this situation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/04/15/2-tsa-screeners-in-denver-fired-over-groping-scheme-allegations/ |title=2 TSA screeners in Denver fired over groping scheme allegations |work=[[Fox News]] |date=April 15, 2015 }}</ref>.

Senator [[Rand Paul]] was detained at an airport in Nashville<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/23/rand-paul-on-tsa-detainment-i-was-barked-at-do-not-leave-the-cubicle/ |title=Rand Paul on TSA detainment: ‘I was barked at: ‘Do not leave the cubicle!” |work=[[Fox News]] |date=January 23, 2012 }}</ref>.

Senator [[Rand Paul]] was detained at an airport in Nashville<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dailycaller.com/2012/01/23/rand-paul-on-tsa-detainment-i-was-barked-at-do-not-leave-the-cubicle/ |title=Rand Paul on TSA detainment: ‘I was barked at: ‘Do not leave the cubicle!” |work=[[Fox News]] |date=January 23, 2012 }}</ref>.

===NSA Spying===

===NSA Spying===