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All Classified information is on a need to know basis. A secret clearance being given to a majority of trust-worthy soldiers doesn't make it a candy handout. Its not the clearance that needs to be regulated so much as the information that it governs. If JPAS can be accessed and verified to show a person/soldier has a clearance then information can be provided...as needed. Much like me as a transporter have access to classified information that PETE probably has no reason to have access to, without instruction from senior leaders I'm simply not going share that information. But with an open invitation to visit his work I'm still doubtful that the information would be made available to me without me having a "need" to know as opposed to a desire to know. But if the clearance is all I need, I'd be willing to get some insight to an otherwise cloudy area.
Often times I find civilians/soldiers jumping to conclusions on the way business is handled by our government. Specifically in the Army, the lower enlisted enjoy having a day of dragging their boots talking about how lazy those senior to them are. Most of the time it is because they lack the knowledge of what goes on behind the scenes. As an NCO they must perform their jobs, telling you the details of that job is optional unless you are involved. If you are required to go give a safety briefing prior to a flight/train/bus departure to the persons that will be attending said transport and your NCO is never there. Perhaps it is because they are occupied doing something else equally important to the success of the mission. On the same note Soldiers will complain when they are being Micro-Managed by their senior leaders. So what I've come to figure is that it doesn't matter what you do. You can't please everyone. This goes from as far down as dirt floor poor and on up to Soldiers, Everyday Workers, Victims of Terrorism (Directly or indirectly), Rich CEOs and so forth and so on.
Can't please everyone, sometimes its good to take into consideration the way others feel to improve a situation. Sometimes you have to quit listening to people because what they ask for is total shenanigans. Sometimes doing what you know is right in order to support the greater good takes on a negative backlash. But the end result is what is important. Like in this case, possibly saving lives.
I agree on back with previous posters in regards to the private sectors collecting information about you. I can google my name and find myself on social media, forums, and other various websites. Half the time the information we our-selfs input into the computer and transmit via the internet goes onto webpages we personally approve (Via an agreement that you clicked "I Agree" on without reading. Now there are 50000 photo's of you and your family. I can see your ages and your names and where around you live and based on information you yourself put onto the internet people know a lot more about you than some data mining phone chaining charts could provide. In fact, I'm willing to bet that cross referencing data on "possible hits" for the persons found to possibly be guildy is likely found on social media sites. I mean...most people post shit about themselves on that, and who better to get information from than the person themselves? Social media sites are the one your allowing to collect your information, but your concerned with what the government is going to do with a phone number? I'm sure your facebook phone numbers and family members you've shared/friended have been uploaded into Intellus a long time ago and is now easily available to anyone who's willing to pay a small premium to access your personal phone numbers, address/previous address, known alias's, known siblings. Lemme get the address and google maps your house and go to street view and see if the photo was recently taken and what kinda vehicle you drive....whats the license plate number. when your tags expire, any personal affects in the yard/vehicles around you that tell me about how you live. What about your neighbors, lets check them out too.
Information is available at everyone's finger tips. I personally think the government is our last concern. I'm more worried how much sleep I'm about to get before I start unloading rail cars in the morning than I am about someone looking at two phone numbers talking for a specified length of time during a specific time of the day.
Don't give me that "its the way you think thats causing them to blah blah blah"
Has nothing to with the way I think. It has to do with what shit our government is willing to take from it's populous in order to mitigate potential losses in the future. Just because you don't know about foiled attacks doesn't mean it didn't happen. Also, just because something does actually happen doesn't mean they didn't try.
Far as all the fancy gear...The military purchases based on the lowest bidder. So just remember the guys that defend your freedoms are running around with cheap gear, cheap vehicles, cheap weapons in comparison to some of the things we could have if the money wasn't an issue. So for all those that point the finger. Soldiers getting paid crap considering what we do. Constant budget cut issues causing us to take a hit on the inflation. Civilian sectors flourish while we take the back seat.
Bleh, I'm tired of typing. Join the military, write your congressman, run for president, put yourself in a position to make a change, to decide on whats more important. civil liberties...or the lives of the men and women of our country? people always see the bad and they ride that train until its out of coal. The good is gone almost the same moment it is founded.
