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John, for some reason your name reminds me of someone who I think was the ninth person to walk on the moon? Same John Young? (long shot I know) Just kidding though - you are the founder of Cryptome, right? Anyway, It's not my intent here to ruffle any feathers (on this thread), but I did want to suggest (and I'm sure someone has already thought of this) that people be able to search for their names or IDs in (searchable) databases of leaked info. I think this came up in a thread on twitter some while back actually... https://twitter.com/AnonyOdinn/status/344585372216487937 (That twitter thread was from a discussion in mid-2013[!] which referenced MainCore and also (different than MainCore) a 'list of targets' that Greenwald had mentioned, but regardless of if it's MainCore or Greenwald's 'list of targets' or other such thing, I think searchability is really important, which of course implies that really all the data should be made available in some kind of format to allow keyword searches.) - -Odinn John Young wrote: > Thanks for the comments. > > Screenshots most welcome. cryptome[at]earthlink.net or pointers. > > Greenwald's mercenary greed is why only 97% of Snowden docs have > been released. His and cohorts criminal behavior puts citizens in > harms way to protect the natsec apparatus including natsec media. > > > At 02:58 PM 10/24/2014, you wrote: >> Saw this last night - an obvious must-watch for all CPunks. I >> think it was probably the most important documentary film of all >> time. As Roger Ebert said, "it’s as if Daniel Ellsberg had a >> friend with a movie camera who filmed his disclosure of the >> Pentagon Papers every step of the way. Or if the Watergate >> burglars had taken along a filmmaker who shot their crimes and >> the cover-up that followed. Except that the issues >> “Citizenfour� deals with are, arguably, a thousand times more >> potent than Vietnam or Watergate." Truly, this is the Snowden >> story we have been waiting for since 2013. >> >> The main revelation of the film, however, is what an incredible >> boob Glenn Greenwald is. I had some idea of this after seeing him >> give an extremely disappointing talk earlier this year, but I >> don't think I quite understood how useless this guy really is. >> He's constantly asking the wrong questions, displays a technical >> ineptness (to the point of deliberate ignorance) that obviously >> hampers the journalism, and at very step shows a very clear >> desire to keep the document cache to himself for careerist >> purposes. At one point Ewen MacAskill brings up the idea of there >> being a Wikileaks-esque document explorer, and Ed says that this >> would be the best outcome for the documents, and Greenwald >> quickly dismisses the idea to talk about his publishing schedule. >> I still have immense respect for him, but I found it very >> frustrating and quite cringey to watch him treat the whole event >> in news-cycle terms, while everybody around him is obviously >> thinking in historical context. For instance, there is a moment >> when they are prepping for Ed's first on-camera interview and he >> asks the reporters how much background he should give about >> himself, and they give different answers. Poitras asks for as >> much detail as possible, and Greenwald basically says that isn't >> important, just be short so we get a good soundbite. >> >> More importantly, I think the film also misses an opportunity to >> talk about power. This is something Edward himself has addressed, >> but it isn't really covered in Greenwald's reporting or books, >> and the only time it's mentioned in the film is when Jacob >> Appelbaum, while speaking before a European council of some sort, >> quite astutely comments that surveillance and control are one and >> the same. I think the film should probably have spent another >> hour or so investigating, naming and confronting those who profit >> from that control. Other than a few choice C-SPAN snippets, the >> enemy is completely faceless, which plays well for the pervading >> sense paranoia which envelops the film, but also leaves many >> questions unasked. Perhaps that's left as an exercise for the >> viewer, but I think the general take-away message from both the >> reporting and to a slightly lesser extent the film is that any >> "solution" will be token reform of policy and not dismantlement >> of power structures. >> >> Also, very nice of the Russian government to let Ed have his >> girlfriend back. I didn't know that had happened, and it gives a >> rather unexpected happy ending to a film which otherwise made me >> want to cry desperately. >> >> Anyway, I'd be very interested to hear what you lot thought of >> it. (JY, you should throw a torrent up ASAP! I'm sure people will >> be screenshotting and analyzing all of the new document shots the >> film contains.) >> >> R > - -- http://abis.io ~ "a protocol concept to enable decentralization and expansion of a giving economy, and a new social good" https://keybase.io/odinn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJUSuBDAAoJEGxwq/inSG8C+CQIAImR/hNx/DOc+ijBL0TvHNnO FgZ5/N3ZU7+kttHBnMTfRCTo2CQFqQLsHenynt+adKjDPiHND2cFdQ1ecBWfUvO3 H0T73M3SC8Ay4e5Y3ygNk471v2eOEBDgyxFzUbkEXb67kWl6ht6RE6qpe0egiS4s bpGHT+DwkEkEaXoy3okFnKotBf9xZdTzRJkIDSO5O/i2ZxWKc7fyy0JsFY9ZVKrO J29Qv3rWfQ1L2rpOxRYsd23euE/GZTLKhRazxsPzSL04F81uXNFtvg/8WJs9sxN0 LeJImrkm2UA0hganO/CxAnBJXUJN6gwQLrfdCitUK6wNduZPJXq2KGNioZF4hKI= =4nJ+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
