Noam Chomsky | Edward Snowden, the World's "Most Wanted Criminal"

[bemildred]

In the past several months, we have been provided with instructive lessons on the nature of state power and the forces that drive state policy. And on a closely related matter: the subtle, differentiated concept of transparency.

The source of the instruction, of course, is the trove of documents about the National Security Agency surveillance system released by the courageous fighter for freedom Edward J. Snowden, expertly summarized and analyzed by his collaborator Glenn Greenwald in his new book, "No Place to Hide."

The documents unveil a remarkable project to expose to state scrutiny vital information about every person who falls within the grasp of the colossus - in principle, every person linked to the modern electronic society.

Nothing so ambitious was imagined by the dystopian prophets of grim totalitarian worlds ahead.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/24071-noam-chomsky-edward-snowden-the-worlds-most-wanted-criminal

[Luminous Animal]

1. Watch Chomsky and Greenwald

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[Jefferson23]

2. More Americans need to wake the hell up:

"Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate."

[grasswire]

3. before I read the article....

...is Chomsky under the bus now?

[Jefferson23]

4. I think long before this, lol. n/t

[grasswire]

5. yep

That essay is a keeper. On the money.

[Jefferson23]

6. Yes...his work is on the money and why he was thrown under the bus awhile ago.

I'm just glad he is still around to speak out...he is getting older.

[Doctor_J]

8. Along with the rest of the liberals

where liberal describes anyone who is against ANY of these measures:

Profitization of public schools
Secret government spying on Americans
TPP
XL Pipeline
Drone killings
For-profit health "care"

[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, bemildred.