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Last month an FBI agent admitted on CNN that the contents of phone calls are being collected[1]. It was written up by none other than...Glenn Greenwald(GG). O
by calhoun137 13y ago
Last month an FBI agent admitted on CNN that the contents of phone calls are being collected[1]. It was written up by none other than...Glenn Greenwald(GG).
One thing that has really bothered me since I become a hardcore HN regular is that GG articles almost never come to the front page, even when they are entirely on topic. I recall, on multiple occasions, finding links to places like Ars or a similar site which are basically just doing a summary of GG's latest article.
I really hope after the latest NSA revelations that HN will begin to take GG seriously, get his articles to the front page, and give him the respect he more than deserves.
[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/04/telephone-calls-recorded-fbi-boston http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/04/telephon...
- christoph 13y agoWow. I hadn't read that article. One thing that really stood out was the "Information Awareness" office and it's ultra creepy logo that looks like something straight off an underground conspiracy website. Edit: Found a Guardian article from 2002 - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/feb/18/september11.usa http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/feb/18/september11.usa "The agency which Poindexter will run is called the Information Awareness Office. You want to know what that is? Think, Big Brother is Watching You. IAO will supply federal officials with "instant" analysis on what is being written on email and said on phones all over the US. Domestic espionage."
- rangibaby 13y agohttp://www.rotten.com/library/conspiracy/information-awareness-office/ http://www.rotten.com/library/conspiracy/information-awarene... "In the Defense Department budget submitted in September 2003, the Information Awareness office had mysteriously disappeared. As if belatedly realizing that it's better not to tell people when you're preparing an oppressive evil computer system designed to crush their individual privacy, the office's functions were shuffled into an unknown number of "black bag" budget items — intelligence appropriations which do not have to be explained to the public or justified to legislators. So be grateful that the Bush Administration was stupid enough to let you have a glimpse of Big Brother before he slinks off to the shadows. The next time you see him, he'll be kicking in your door."
- hammerzeit 13y agoI fear a HN with more glenn greenwald articles is a HN with more political flamewars. I don't think this is desirable, even if he does good work.