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Justice Department's pursuit of AP's phone records is both extreme and dangerous
- mtgx 13y agoI heard the spokesman's statements today. He kept saying "we have to find a balance between protecting the media and national security", implying that of course they can spy on the press, they just won't do anything about it unless it's an issue of national security (he was referring to certain leaks). So it's the "trust us" argument, basically.
- DamnYuppie 13y agoWhich sadly way too many people do. I am surprised by how many think that large bureaucratic entities exist for the benefit of others, when invariably the become focused on utilizing their power to insure their continued existence.
- detcader 13y agoRelated reading/watching: Obama's secrecy fixation causing Sunshine Week implosion (14 March 2013): http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/14/obama-transparency-podesta-sunshine-week http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/14/obama-tr... Pentagon Papers lawyer on Obama, secrecy and press freedoms: 'worse than Nixon' (19 March 2013): http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/19/goodale-obama-press-freedoms-secrecy-nixon http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/19/goodale-... The persecution of Barrett Brown - and how to fight it (21 March 2013): http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/21/barrett-brown-persecution-anonymous http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/21/barrett-... How Destroying Evidence Of Torture Gets You Promoted In Obama’s CIA (March 28, 2013): http://notthesingularity.com/1578/how-destroying-evidence-of-torture-gets-you-promoted-in-obamas-cia/ http://notthesingularity.com/1578/how-destroying-evidence-of... Glenn Greenwald: Challenging the US Surveillance State: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCj7SmjSsGw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCj7SmjSsGw Endless War, Radical Presidential Power, and a Rotted Political Culture: A Talk by Glenn Greenwald: http://translationexercises.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/endless-war-radical-presidential-power-and-a-rotted-political-culture-a-talk-by-glenn-greenwald/ http://translationexercises.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/endless...