02/09/18 Overnight Links

Compelling alternative view of the consequences of the “Nunes Memo” Techdirt: The Nunes Memos has effectively destroyed intelligence oversight

Cato: ICE doesn’t belong in the intelligence community

The Nation: The Pentagon sent $500 million abroad for international drug wars.  What happened next is a mystery.

Reason: Mass surveillance is one Chinese export we should ban

McClatchyDC: As court weighs Microsoft case, the rest of the world feels big stake in privacy ruling

KCTV: Sweeping up more than just dirt: Is your Roomba spying on you?

Activist Post: Boston police waste money illegally spying on citizens for years

The Guardian: The Guardian view on internet privacy: It’s the psychology, stupid

Tonic: The future of healthcare could be a privacy nightmare

FEE: For preventing abuse, public schools are not a good model for homeschooling

The Hill: Will the FISA memo turn into Obama’s Watergate?

The American Conservative: Trump’s illegal war in Syria is getting more dangerous

Antiwar.com: JUSTIN RAIMONDO: In search of enemies

High Times: Seattle could dismiss 1,000 marijuana convictions

Aeon: Is the universe a conscious mind? Ed: Mind-bending article

Author: S. Smith