10 Dumbest Pundit Reactions to NSA Revelations

[xchrom]

http://www.alternet.org/food/nsa-scandal



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1. Jeffrey Toobin

Jeffrey Toobin’s quick and vicious takedown in the New Yorker set the tone for attacking Snowden as a naïve nincompoop. “Any marginally attentive citizen, much less N.S.A. employee or contractor, knows that the entire mission of the agency is to intercept electronic communications,” Toobin wrote. Never mind that even many legislators were in the dark as to the size and scope of the NSA’s operations—Snowden was one warrant short of a wiretap for believing we hadn’t just assumed the highly classified intrusion into our lives.

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2. Fox News Analyst Ralph Peters

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“It’s sad, Brian,” Peters told Brian Kilmeade on Monday morning. “We’ve made treason cool. Betraying your country is kind of a fashion statement. He wants to be the national security Kim Kardashian. He cites Bradley Manning as a hero.”

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3. Wall Street Journal Editorial Board

Fresh from their stint valiantly battling the New York City bike lobby, the brain trust at the Wall Street Journal composed a thank you note to the NSA. Literally: “Thank you for data-mining” was their headline; a heart-dotted "i" was probably removed somewhere along the way.

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4. David Brooks

Brooks brought the Brookspeak on how Snowden was just an example of these punk Millennials:

Though thoughtful, morally engaged and deeply committed to his beliefs, he appears to be a product of one of the more unfortunate trends of the age: the atomization of society, the loosening of social bonds, the apparently growing share of young men in their 20s who are living technological existences in the fuzzy land between their childhood institutions and adult family commitments.

[Hissyspit]

1. Was glad to see Friedman on the list.

[xchrom]

2. it's always satisfying to see him called out. nt

[madinmaryland]

3. Heh! The Moustache of Understanding.

[Hissyspit]

5. +1

[Call Me Wesley]

4. Punk millenials ... what a name.

'Atomization of society, the loosening of social bonds?' Yes, it's not Kansas anymore. And I'm glad it's not Kansas anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GutJf9umD9c

[ellisonz]

6. And Salon:

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/13/10_dumbest_reactions_to_the_nsa_scandal_partner/

Yay for my cus!