Snowden Rocks. The guy is extremely brave. We have to make sure he is not prosecuted!
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Mike Perry <[email protected]>wrote: > phryk: > > I have to admit, I find that rather amusing. I wonder if this is > > actually true and if it might change Obamas opinion on the surveillance > > machine. And if it does, how will he try to hide the obvious hypocrisy? > > I used to think there was a possibility that surveillance would capture > our politicians through blackmail/etc. After seeing more and more of > these releases, I am becoming convinced that this *already happened*. > > If they didn't capture Obama in this 2004 operation, capturing him later > wouldn't be terribly difficult. NSA: "You're the first black US > President, and you want to *dismantle* the domestic surveillance > operation that might prevent an assassination attempt on you or your > family by some moron redneck lunatic? Sure would be a shame if something > were to happen to you after that..." > > I sure can understand his hesitance in the face of such a threat. I > don't envy him, that's for sure :/. > > > Actually I have to say that I'm beginning to see the whole phenomenon > > developing around Snowdens leaks with a good dose of gallows humor. > > > > It's kind of slapstick-y that every time someone of the US government > > tries to justify all the surveillance, there seem to be three new > > stories popping up that elaborate on all the stuff they actually do; > > some of which even directly contradicts what those apologists claim. > > I have noticed this pattern too. I think Snowden and his handlers at the > Guardian have a far more sophisticated PR and release timing strategy > than anyone has given them credit for (I'm referring to various > rumblings about their release of material at the end of the week, > questioning the value of the release of intel on US hacking, etc). > > If there is to be a journalistic award for this work, it should not be > for any one story. The whole arc is magnificently directed. > > > -- > Mike Perry > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 --------------------------------------------------
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