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The author is Barton Gellman, one of the reporters to whom Snowden leaked documents, and the lead at the Post for the team that shared the 2014 Pulitzer with th
by snowwrestler 8y ago
The author is Barton Gellman, one of the reporters to whom Snowden leaked documents, and the lead at the Post for the team that shared the 2014 Pulitzer with the Guardian for the Snowden coverage.
The article you posted is not about MUSCULAR. MUSCULAR did not require FISA authorization; that was kind of the point of structuring it the way they did.
- lern_too_spel 8y agoIt doesn't matter who wrote the article. What matters is that it contradicts itself on what MUSCULAR is. My article is about a data collection program that used MUSCULAR as a source.
- snowwrestler 8y agoWhen you tell me to "refer to the primary documents when you see articles like the one you posted", it's relevant that Barton Gellman is one of a few people who have reviewed Snowden documents directly, including documents that the Post chose not to publish. I'm done with this conversation; it's clear you're not acting in good faith.
- lern_too_spel 8y ago> it's clear you're not acting in good faith. I pointed out that the article you posted said the exact opposite of what you claimed it said (in addition to saying what you claimed it said). How is that not acting in good faith? If the article is contradictory, you need to go to the primary documents, which were available from The Guardian.