1) WebReader is monitoring internet data. 2) Perfect Citizen is monitoring internet data.
Which one do you expect to be a robocop-like being that will kick down your door at night and declare "verdict: guilty, sentence: execution"?
Not that this doesn't reflect an irrational trust on your part of innocuous names, but really, why name it that?
http://www.art-for-a-change.com/News/eyes.htm
Either somebody is having an Orwellian joke, or somebody is frighteningly tone-deaf. I mean, even "Patriot Act" probably seemed like a good idea at the time (as did my personal favourite, Operation Infinite Justice), but Perfect Citizen is just weird.
They're staffed by geeks and loons.
Can you list more than one previous example that fits this pattern?
Stuff as simple as the 'War on Terorism' when they are on our side in the 80's in Afghanistan for instance they were 'Freedom Fighters'
As far as bills:
- USA Patriot Act = Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
- Operation Liberty Shield - http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/press_release_0115.shtm
- Homeland Security Act - http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/laws/law_regulation_rule_0011.shtm
- S.A.F.E.T.Y Act - http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/laws/editorial_0878.shtm
- ...
If you sign up to work for an agency like the NSA, you're probably doing it because you want to serve your country and protect it from the bad guys. You're not setting out to create some kind of totalitarian police state.
I've (obv) never been to the NSA's office but I bet it's indistinguishable from any of the established high tech firms, like IBM or Boeing or Intel or Raytheon. Everyone clean-shaven and wearing a crisp white shirt. These guys write programs and research cryptography. When they need some ass kicked they phone the Navy SEALs (1-800-SEAL4U in case you ever need them), then go back to complaining about the coffee machine.