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‘America has no functioning democracy’ – Jimmy Carter on NSA — RT USA

Former US President Jimmy Carter is *not* in lockstep with the current democratic administration about Snowden. He speaks out very strongly against government surveillance and calls it "undemocratic".
While such mediums have normally been associated with freedom of speech and have recently become a major driving force behind emerging democratic movements, fallout from the NSA spying scandal has dented their credibility.
There's a "slight" difference though; how many ppl in the U.S. have been arrested for their political views/views on the system that they exposed through platforms like FB over the last 5-10-... years? I can't think of any, can you? While the dictatorial regimes use spying on ppl's FB & Twitter accounts to spot anything that poses a potential threat to their ruling, the American services MIGHT be collecting info that may be really helpful to spot terrorists threatening national security; that's a HUGE difference.