Naked and Open – The Fed’s New Threads

On June 9, 2013, I had the following dream:

A number of people, who were respected citizens and not prone to scandalous behavior had secretly been parading around outside their homes at night naked, thinking no one was watching. Someone had taken photographs of them and brought the photographs to their attention in an attempt to get them to change their behavior. The photos were not used to blackmail or extort money. They were only used as evidence in an attempt to get these people to come to their senses.

[This was the content of the dream]

Interpretation

The night I had this dream, I watched an interview with Edward Snowden, the former NSA and CIA contractor who revealed himself as the one who leaked the story about the government’s PRISM operation to the British newspaper The Guardian. (PRISM is a secret data collection program that has been highly classified.)

In recent weeks, the US government has been embroiled in one controversy after another. The Justice Department, the IRS, and now the NSA, CIA, and FBI are taking heat for what are perceived to be highly unethical practices involving harassment and surveillance.  They’ve been caught red-handed and exposed by whistle-blowers who felt it was time the public knew the truth.

Snowden is a unique case in the growing trend of whistle-blowers coming forward with incriminating evidence about government activities.  Most have sought anonymity and protection, but not Snowden. Knowing that he would potentially face decades in prison, he chose to go public – basically daring the government to apprehend and prosecute him.

The Justice Department is considering whether or not to extradite Snowden and prosecute him. The most likely charge will be treason. They feel that whistle-blowers are compromising the safety and security of the nation and ought to be punished.

President Obama has responded to criticism of government activity by saying: “Let’s have that discussion...” It seems like the President is interested in talking about the issues.

When Snowden was asked why he leaked the information to the press, he explained that he wanted to open a public discussion about what the government was up to. I’m not sure if the President was sincere when he asked for a public discussion, but he’s going to get one. In the debate over government surveillance, it looks like  Snowden will take the platform first.

So what exactly is the government up to?

Quoting from his interview with the Washington Post, Snowden said:

“Any analyst at any time can target anyone. Any selector. Anywhere. I, sitting at my desk, had the authority to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president if I had a personal email.”

No court orders. No warrants. We’re all just an e-mail away from having the government know the most intimate details of our lives.

In response, James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence testified before congress that he knows nothing about such massive data collection programs.

I guess we’ll learn more about what the government is and is not doing as the discussion unfolds.

In a note accompanying the first set of documents he provided to the Guardian, Snowden wrote:

“I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions,” but “I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant.”

Snowden wants the naked truth to be revealed. In Hebrews 4:13, it says:

“All things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”

God knows what’s going on. I suspect that He’s bringing people forward to reveal the things He sees happening in secret in the hope that those responsible will change their behavior.

It may be a good idea to pray for the truth to be revealed and for justice to be done in these matters.

Eric Snowden quotes were taken from this article:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/10/report-nsa-contract-worker-is-surveillance-source/#ixzz2Vp3qaoEF