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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald reveals Torture Queen's identity [View all]msanthrope
(37,549 posts)29. How shall I phrase this? If I were holding myself out as a person knowledgeable about
9/11, the CIA, or the Iraq War, I would not advertise my ignorance of this person. Ignorance of this person would mean I did not read certain books I claimed to read. It would undercut OPs. I'm just gonna wait and see who tells us they had no idea who this person was, until Glenn Greenwald told them.
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I think it's the wider known scope that is new, not that she was a key torturer.
Electric Monk
Dec 2014
#9
Quick poll of DUers reading this thread: Did you know her name before tonight? nt
Electric Monk
Dec 2014
#18
I don't think it's harmful at all...and I understand the clickbait approach. I'm just kinda
msanthrope
Dec 2014
#26
How shall I phrase this? If I were holding myself out as a person knowledgeable about
msanthrope
Dec 2014
#29
There was loads of stuff on spying in the US all over the internet including here on DU after the
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#108
What's interesting is WHAT stuns people. I am stunned too, by the fact that nothing has
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#67
And I'm so ignorant (stunningly so) that I didn't notice all the cool kids are hanging out at
deurbano
Dec 2014
#93
Which is why we are forever indebted to people like Glenn Greenwald who they
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#109
I'm among the ignorant too, not privy to these books and sources where EVERYONE
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#111
Ricardo Sanchez hung Janet Karpinksi out to dry for Abu Ghraib, when Sanchez should
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#22
Don't worry, as you can see, when they are in a bind like this, remember Snowden's revelations,
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#41
Then how is Greenwald "revealing" anything? Cryptome...which I am sure you are familiar
msanthrope
Dec 2014
#7
And nothing was done about her? If they knew this, why has nothing been done?
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#66
Manny, that's what the Snowden-Greenwald haters said about the NSA leaks, too.
grasswire
Dec 2014
#8
Well...she deserves jail. I'm not sure what you think GG has done that deserves jail? nt
msanthrope
Dec 2014
#17
We already knew who this was. We already knew what she'd done (at least, anyone awake did.)
msanthrope
Dec 2014
#12
I wish Leni Riefenstahl had lived long enough to see herself compared to Seth Rogen. nt
msanthrope
Dec 2014
#10
The Zapruder film was not a film about the Kennedys it was a home movie taken of the Dallas
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#73
Back in the 70s, Christopher Lasch wrote a very influential book called
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#31
Those of us that hate whistle-blowers and others that speak truth to power are putting our fingers
rhett o rick
Dec 2014
#48