…and no whistleblower either. I can’t say I’ve agreed a whole lot with Jeffrey Toobin (or anything political in the New Yorker) in recent years. But for the most part I agree with Toobin about Snowden. In fact, what Toobin … Continue reading →
…does not think Snowden’s any kind of hero, and believes the brouhaha over the NSA program is overblown. I don’t find his arguments all that compelling, although I’m not part of the unequivocal “Snowden’s a hero” bandwagon, either. I see … Continue reading →
Gone to Hong Kong, at least for now. The plot thickens as Edward Snowden, 29—IT guy, apparent Ron Paul supporter and disillusioned Obama-hoper—declares himself as the leaker of the NSA data-collection disclosure and then hot-foots it to Hong Kong because … Continue reading →
National Journal‘s Ron Fournier (who used to be Washington bureau chief at the AP), is puzzled and perturbed by the disconnect between his preferred vision and the recent news: I like government. I don’t like what the fallout from these … Continue reading →
From Jane Mayer at the New Yorker: …[A]ccording to the mathematician and former Sun Microsystems engineer Susan Landau…it’s worse than many might think. “The public doesn’t understand,” she told me, speaking about so-called metadata. “It’s much more intrusive than content.” … Continue reading →
The WSJ isn’t perturbed by the revelation of the data-mining continuation by the Obama administration: …[U]unlike the other White House scandals there seems to be little here that is scandalous. The existence of the program was exposed years ago and … Continue reading →
Today is the 64th anniversary of the publication of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and with all the news that’s been occurring in the last few weeks (up to and including today), somehow it seems apropos. We are not (yet) in the … Continue reading →
I’m continually impressed by how often the Obama White House has done not only what he spoke against while Bush was president, but what the left fantasized/feared the Bush White House was doing. The latest example is obtaining the Verizon … Continue reading →
As a blogger, I tend to immerse myself in the news. Lately there’s been so very much of it, and so much to think about, that I find myself neglecting some of the other parts of my life. But yesterday … Continue reading →
…is finally alarmed. When the WaPo and Glenn Greewald in the Guardian are leading the charge against him, you know (dare I hope?) that Obama may have finally overplayed his hand in the unlikely person of James Rosen. This is … Continue reading →
Ya think? Unfortunately, I cannot figure out how to embed this particular video, so here’s the URL where you can watch it. I wonder; will this get the attention of the MSM? Or is it okay because it happened to … Continue reading →
Here’s why. Please read it, and send it out to other people you think should read it. Don’t forget your liberal friends, if they are at all amenable to actually reading something you might send them (I’ve worn out my … Continue reading →