U.S. Paranoia has a long history

'Snowden and the paranoid state'  - a remarkable article of Sarah Kendzior

"The US' paranoid political culture will not fade until we can trust our leaders and the corporations holding power."

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/08/2013858490192123.html


Ref:
Hofstadter's study of the "paranoid style in American politics"
http://studyplace.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/files/courses/reserve/Hofstadter-1996-Paranoid-Style-American-Politics-1-to-40.pdf

Snowden and the paranoid state, S. Kendzior, Aljazeera, 05 Aug 2013
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/08/2013858490192123.html