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Unfortunately that attitude does little to help or try to discover what has happened. Cynicism is a double-edged sword. Once you give up the will to question an

• frabbit 9y ago
  I disagree that I am "giving up the will to question and criticize". On the contrary I criticize the fevered speculations in the media based upon unverifiable sources reputedly in secret agencies over which most elected lawmakers have little or no control and oversight, let alone civilians peeking at the shadows on the window blinds. It's a disgusting situtation of asymmetrical information which ought to cause outrage, indignation and fear in anyone that considers themselves free and sovereign. Steepling learnedly on HN, or in "security blogs" may stroke the egos or pump the reputations of the aediles gazing upon the entrails of our democracy, but it does little to expose what only a fully legally empowered commission akin to the Church commision could determine. The only thing we know for sure thanks to Snowden and Wikileaks is that there are large numbers of dominant authoritarians spying on us and and an even large number passive authoritarians settling comfortably into their dungeon. Meanwhile: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!!!!