| A recent news pick here is an hour long discussion by the Guardian editors of
their NSA surveillance coverage. It is quite informative.
They've gone to
extraordinary lengths to vet everything they say about the NSA surveillance
because any inaccuracy, no matter how minor, will be used to discredit all of
their
coverage. These attempts to discredit the Guardian go along with the
smear campaigns against Snowden and Greenwald.
One example I noticed was
bogus claims flying around the internet that the Guardian retracted one of their
NSA stories and this (fictional) retraction was used to discredit all of their
coverage.
A moment's reflection on these childish attacks will tell you
more about the NSA and the US government than everything
that was leaked by
Snowden. I can think of no greater
confirmation of everything Snowden has
said. The US government is desperately trying to avoid any public debate on
these fundamental Constitutional issues. Obama's words
to the contrary are the
final confirmation. Obama's words regarding the FISA court have historically
been in direct opposition to his actions. Here's a clue: blocking all US army
access to the Guardian web site does not help foster debate. Such censorship is
a desperate attempt to silence
debate.
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Our job is to remind
ourselves that there are more contexts
than the one we’re in now — the one that we think is reality.
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