tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post4140529169501636509..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-83723020445362430442013-06-13T11:15:02.763-05:002013-06-13T11:15:02.763-05:00Is Glenn Greenwald really that naive?
I honestly...<i>Is Glenn Greenwald really that naive? </i><br /><br />I honestly think Greenwald, based on an interview he did with Lawrence O'Donnell when this story broke, expected some kind of revolution (or at least revulsion) among the people (libertarian, or otherwise).<br /><br />Which was never gonna happen.<br /><br />Lenin didn't give a speech and take over Russia. The "Founding Fathers" didn't give a speech and establish democracy in America for ever after, amen. Revolutions don't happen because somebody somewhere finds something out and then, <i>mirabile dictu!</i>, begins to think <i>just like you!</i>.<br /><br />Which is what Snowden, by his own account, expected, too.<br /><br />Nah gonna happen.<br /><br />And I agree: the people getting "Top Secret" clearance are not only so numerous as to make the idea of security pointless (3 can keep a secret when 2 of them are dead), but who, exactly, are we giving the keys to the kingdom to?<br /><br />I still say that's the <i>real</i> scandal.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-29143757542544007282013-06-13T10:24:19.103-05:002013-06-13T10:24:19.103-05:00I get the feeling he's a bit of a nutter. Fro...I get the feeling he's a bit of a nutter. From what I've read, a number of his claims are more fantasy than possible. I'm beginning to have my doubts about Greenwald's behavior and journalism. <br /><br />What is really shocking is that they don't screen the people they give access to better than that. I don't like it but I think people have been sold an unattainable level of privacy, one which anyone who uses a search engine probably gave up voluntarily, even without realizing it. Don't they ever notice how the ads that pop up mirror their searches and even e-mails? Not to mention that they're geographically targeted as well. <br /><br />I'm also shocked the people didn't figure the NSA was keeping track of phone records like this. Is Glenn Greenwald really that naive? The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com