Published on Jun 12, 2013
          
The world was hit with a one-two 
punch of the US government surveilling innocent citizens recently. First
 it was the Verizon phone records collection, and second was PRISM. But 
the US has always spied on its citizens, so we shouldn't be surprised by
 these latest cases. The Resident (aka Lori Harfenist) walks through the
 US' long history of citizen surveillance. Follow The Resident on 
Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/TheResident