Hello Shava, You wrote: "...the president essentially struck down posse comitatus in May, they won't know what you are talking about..." I don't know what you are talking about either, but I am curious. Could you send a link or two.
Thanks -- Matt Johnson On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Shava Nerad <[email protected]> wrote: > Part of the tone is also adopted in order to wake the sleeping baby > anti-intellectual giants either side of the pond. The smart magazines can > publish smart crypto articles, but mass market newspapers have to bring > their audiences along, even the Times and Guardian. > > Very few stories even bother to explain what the NSA does or what its > function in government is, which actually rather stuns me, because I find > that when I ask the general public that question I find that most of them > don't know what the NSA does for the government. Most of them assume it > works for the executive branch, but for the DOJ as part of the whole > civilian/State/FBI sort of DHS bits, because those lines are so muddied. > (And yes, I am conflating Justice and State on purpose there because it's > been done in conversation with The (Wo)Man on the Street.). > > People don't know basic civics. At all. If you tell them they should be > upset because the military is conducting domestic surveillance, they look at > you like "what?" "East Germany?" you say. "Stasi?" you say. Blank looks. > No history. Those who do not learn from history, etc. > > If you tell them that they should be upset because the president essentially > struck down posse comitatus in May, they won't know what you are talking > about, but if you say, "Basically, if a local SWAT team decides they need > backup in some kind of emergency situation and they can't get hold of the > governor to call for National Guard? They can call a local military airbase > for an airstrike if they want to." Then the people will decide you are > cold stoned mad and a total tin hat. "Sherman?" you say. And if they're > from the south, they might go off in a rant, but they still won't relate it > to current affairs or do anything. But that is literally what the law says > in the US now. That's a bit beyond elementary civics, but it's a bit beyond > what the press is reporting on here too. Because the press doesn't really > have much literacy in elementary civics or history either. They seem to be > drawing mostly on marcom majors these days. > > This is what the "attention economy" has done to us. Our culture is a deep, > nutrient rich ocean, full of wonders and cthonic monsters that can eat us. > And we all surf. Nothing below the surf-ace is important anymore. > > Yay. > > SN > > On Sep 5, 2013 3:31 PM, "Richard Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Latest articles: >> >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/us/nsa-foils-much-internet-encryption.html?emc=edit_na_20130905&_r=0&pagewanted=print >> >> >> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security >> >> >> I find most of this (if not all) silly. They seem shocked that the >> NSA does cryptanalysis. It would be nice if the newspapers had >> people with some knowledge of the domain writing articles. >> >> -- >> Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. >> Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, >> change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at >> [email protected]. > > > -- > Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, > change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected]. -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
