LibertyMinute

June 7, 2013

Last March, following a national outcry, two high school football stars fromSteubenville,Ohiowere convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl. A few weeks later, an FBI SWAT team raided theSteubenvillehome of 26-year-old corporate cybersecurity consultant Deric Lostutter, who obtained and published tweets and Instagram photos in which members of the football team had joked about the rape and mocked the victim.

That information was made public by way of the hacker collective that calls itself Anonymous. Mother Jones magazine notes that if Lostutter is convicted of federal hacking-related charges, he faces up to ten years in prison ? as compared to the one and two-year sentences handed out to theSteubenville rapists.

Bear in mind that the Regime threatening to send this hacker to prison is currently conducting wholesale warrantless surveillance of telephone and internet communications. Through a program called PRISM the National Security Agency can monitor e-mails, file transfers, and conduct real-time surveillance of online searches. The CIA is also developing the ability to conduct surveillance through internet-connected ?smart appliances.?

It is impossible to exaggerate when describing the dishonesty, hypocrisy, vulgarity, and corruption of the government that presumes to rule us.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.