TheInternetAndDemocraticProcess

http://www.blacklistednews.com/Senate_passes_bill_to_privatize_surveillance%3A_Telcos_to_act_as_arm_of_law_enforcement_and_collect%2C_store_data_for_US_govt/44302/0/38/38/Y/M.html

The Telcos are deputized.

What how and for whom they're control freaks is
anyone's guess.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1653259

It should be guided by
legitimate democracy and legitimate free enterprise first, as
opposed to pay to play, and then process informed aiming at the
fullest community benefit, guarding the interest of the individual,
for each of us is the individual.