This is '1984 scary

National Journal's Ron Fournier saw this story and reacted with this:

This is scary. 1984 scary. We've got an agency called "Secret Service" targeting political enemies Think about that https://t.co/cnXFugUEv8

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) October 1, 2015

Naturally, journalist Glenn Greenwald wasn't surprised and he issued a reminder (read: warning) that this incident was not small potatoes:

Maybe it's not paranoid after all to worry about the Government collecting vast data on its citizens in secret https://t.co/38uZaVaFkR

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 1, 2015

Also, this wasn't one or two "bad apples" or "rogue agents" - it was dozens who participated in this & shared data. https://t.co/38uZaVaFkR

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 1, 2015

–

Follow Chris Field (@ChrisMField) on Twitter