> The East German secret police, one of the most intrusive and oppressive spying operations ever assembled, collected millions of files on people it suspected of being enemies of the state.
> This massive archive includes 69 miles of shelved documents, 1.8 million images, and 30,300 video and audio recordings housed in 13 offices throughout Germany.
If that’s “one of the most intrusive and oppressive spying operations ever assembled”, what does that make the U.S. “intelligence community” that makes records of every electronic communication, every photograph ever uploaded to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social network services, and spies on everybody who dares to cross them, right up to the President of the United States?
Oh, that’s different.....
Our government learned very well.
Also photographs every package sent through the mail.