A psychologists points out how metadata could enable Big Brother to determine who his patients are, and how well they are doing.

Using Metadata to find Paul Revere.

This method works just as well to find key people in peaceful democratic protest organizations, and the US is surely using it, since it calls them "terrorists".

In the 1960s they investigated civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr.

US hospitals often charge out-of-state patients illegally high fees.

Another argument for single-payer.

With so many laws that nobody knows how many, you always have something to hide. You just may not know what it is.

Given complete information about everyone, our plutocratic state will always find an excuse to imprison whoever it wishes to imprison. The fishing expedition against Kiriakou was an example of this.

US journalists that condemn Snowden are traitors to journalism.

A fanatical Republican congressman said Glenn Greenwald should be prosecuted for publishing Snowden's revelations.

People should not give up on political change just because it isn't easy.