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In reply to the discussion: WikiLeaks Releases Negotiation Positions for Every Country of Trans-Pacific Partnership Last Round [View all]Maedhros
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When someone raises issues with America or Britain, the usual suspects show up and attempt to deflect the discussion away from the issue at hand by asking "But what about [some other bad thing]?"
The reason that Greenwald and Snowden focus on the NSA and its activities (rather than Russia or China) is that Greenwald and Snowden are U.S. citizens and therefore primarily concerned with the acts of their own government. Indeed, as U.S. citizens it is our duty to hold our own government accountable for what it does. There may very well be other countries that use their spy apparati to nefarious ends - but I am not a citizen of those countries and have no say over how those countries behave. I do have a say over how my country behaves, so my efforts are better directed at my government than at the governments of Russia or China.