domestic spying
Watching your citizens
Domestic spying is government surveillance of its own citizens, typically conducted by intelligence or law enforcement agencies.
The term carries negative connotations, implying overreach or violation of civil liberties: Revelations about domestic spying programs sparked public outrage.
More neutral terms like "domestic surveillance" or "intelligence gathering" are preferred by officials.
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- mass surveillanceWidespread population observation programs
- wiretappingCovert phone surveillance
- NSAFederal cryptologic intelligence agency
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
PRISM · metadata · Snowden · intelligence · intelligence community · monitoring · FISA · warrantless · privacy · classified · whistleblower · intercept · bugs · tapping · covert · deep state · counterterrorism · national security
- national securityCIA, FBI, NSA, Pentagon, DHS
- NSANSA, signals intelligence, SIGINT, cryptanalysis, codebreaking
- surveillance lawwiretap, FISA, phone tap, electronic surveillance, eavesdropping
- Red ScareHUAC, McCarthyism, blacklist, loyalty oaths, Joe McCarthy
- surveillancesurveillance, CCTV, security camera, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras
- Nazi SecurityGestapo, secret police, political police
domestic spyingopen government
Right to state information
government transparency · freedom of information · public disclosure · sunshine laws · public accountability
domestic spyingprivacy rights
Entitlement to personal seclusion
data privacy · personal freedom · due process · digital privacy
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