Quotation Of The Day: Democratic Surveillance State Is An Oxymoron Edition

From this Mike Konzcal post at Wonkblog

Having a “democratic surveillance” state sounds like an oxymoron, like having a cuddly hand grenade. Perhaps it would be better to just dismantle the surveillance state entirely and be done with it. And indeed removing the laws associated with the Global War on Terror would do much to remove the authoritarian elements of this state.