Analyst: NSA seeking ‘control, dominance’ by spying

The US National Security Agency’s spying programs are not aimed at preventing terrorist attacks, but the agency’s “fake war on terror” is about “control and dominance,” says Stephen Lendman, an author and radio show host in Chicago.

“The NSA claiming its spying to foil terror is a bald faced lie,” Lendman said in an interview on Wednesday. The claims are “absolutely false,” he said. “I’ve proved it myself in my own writings over a number of years.”

The American activist said the NSA spying “is not about foiling terrorism. It’s about control. It’s about dominance at home. It’s about ending personal privacy.”

Lendman called for a halt in the US government’s widespread spying activities. “Something needs to be done about it,” he said.

According to a recent study by the New American Foundation, the NSA’s massive data collection has barely helped the United States thwart terrorist attacks.

NSA spying revelations over the past six months have caused “a lot of public outrage,” Lendman said. But the outrage has not been enough to change government’s surveillance policies, he added.

“Unfortunately it doesn’t translate into street action, it doesn’t translate into activism. There may be a lot of angry Americans around, but they’re doing pathetically little to protect their own rights.