What will stop the ball rolling is if vast dossiers of information was released about the politicians themselves, that the "security" program had been collecting on them. As soon as dirty laundry is aired about a huge amount of them, with the knowledge that more has yet to come they will spring into action faster than the road runner to get this program shut down. And I'm not talking about national security stuff, just stuff you wouldn't want everyone else to know.
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What will stop the ball rolling is if vast dossiers of information was released about the politicians themselves, that the "security" program had been collecting on them. As soon as dirty laundry is aired about a huge amount of them, with the knowledge that more has yet to come they will spring into action faster than the road runner to get this program shut down. And I'm not talking about national security stuff, just stuff you wouldn't want everyone else to know.
I don't believe such files exist, and none of Snowden's or other leaks have left the impression that they do.
Maybe Snowden didn't have access to them, but if they existed before the internet revolution, then I'm sure they exist now.
I would be very surprised if they didn't, it's better to know about your dirty laundry, than to have your "enemies" or other states air them for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover