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TM99

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3. So we are to take the words of this journalist
Sun Jan 26, 2014, 08:40 AM
Jan 2014

Last edited Sun Jan 26, 2014, 11:13 AM - Edit history (1)

who by his last book is obviously obsessed with cold war politics as explanatory?

Snowdenistas? Seriously?

'Recklessness, narcissism, and self-righteousness of the Snowden camp'? As a trained psychologist, I detect a great deal of projection here.

Where do you guys get this stuff? Am I on DU or Free Republic? Sometimes it appears to be hard to tell when really it is no longer about Republicans or Democrats but apparently authoritarians, their true believers, and us versus them playground politics.

The only thing he even begins to get right is the discussion on meta data. But if he genuinely takes that seriously, how can he support his own claims? Snowden, for good or ill, with his actions started this long overdue public discussion about the limits of intelligence gathering, the violations of the United States Constitution, and whole-sale siphoning and us of data AND meta data from an unsuspecting public.

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