The United States and Russia has hardly agreed on anything this year. There’s Edward Snowden. There are international conflicts. Now there’s this.
Last week, President Obama signed a bill killing Russia’s plans to build monitor systems on US soil. They’re supposed to be about six of them. Russia says this will help improve GPS systems around the world, particularly Russia’s Global Positioning Network. But many in congress, especially House Republicans who put the killing of this plan into motion, fear Russia may have more sinister motions. Many in Congress are cynical Russia would use this plan to spy, or something even worse. To show how bad tensions are, nobody is returning anybody’s phone calls between the two nations.
I’m glad Congress took a stand against this. Hasn’t there been enough spying in the US and around the world this year? Due to the Edward Snowden scandal and Syrian conflict, among other issues, US and Russia aren’t best friends these days. What if they were allowed to put their GPS systems on our soil? What if they got access to everything we were saying or doing? Worst yet, what if they got access to military or government secrets? Am I being paranoid?