[Keith_Hixson]

I was buying some office supplies and was having some difficulty finding a particular toner for an old copier. Anyway I ended up at a computer and office equipment supply shop down by the Yakima airport. Met a youngman in their who was with the Navy. He was a electronics specialist who worked at the site. He told me there are several other sites like this in North America. He said they can pick up any radio signal ever made. If you are using a cell phone they can monitor your phone calls. They can also monitor anyone's e-mail. Of course he emphasized there are billions of signals going out all the time. But, If by [court order] they know your e-mail address or cell phone number and frequency they can monitor you. Now that so much is done by radio and lazer signals and satellite it really is easy to monitor people. They know more about us than what we think! They have people from every branch of service out there and civilians. It is exceptionally well guarded. You must have the highest security rating to even get close to the place.

To me it is very scary. Corrupt people in high places could really abuse all this technology. You get someone with a McCarthy attitude and none of us would be safe.

The Plus is that we can monitor corrupt governments and mafia types around the world. It was my understanding that only the Feds have access to this. It could be a great tool for local police but I can see a lot of abuses.

Yes, Big brother is really here.

Keith