Unusual Ways The Government Monitors, Watches And Investigates Your Life 24/7

For most Americans, it is virtually impossible to escape scrutiny, surveillance and investigation by the government. Nearly every action, financial transaction, Internet browse and travel habit is capture by various systems, analyzed for for patterns and — if a “pre-defined” pattern is found — referred to law enforcement for investigation.

When you use a credit card to buy a tank of gas for your car, the date, time, plate and amount is forwarded automatically by your bank or credit card company to a massive computer located in an unmarked black-faced building at 3801 Fairfax Drive in Arlington, Virginia — headquarters of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — and from there sent to the National Security Agency, FBI, Internal Revenue Service and other government entities.

DARPA, not Al Gore, created the Internet.  Back then it was called “DARPANet.”

The video that captures you filling that tank at your local service station is also available to government, as is vicdeo from traffic cameras and other location.  When you stop by an ATM, the details of your transaction becomes immediately available to the government.  The image of you using that ATM may be transmitted as well.

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