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I believe you're right. Almost every article with NSA in the headline that I've seen also has Snowden, or Ecuador, or Russia. So basically, your point about th
by tokenizer 13y ago
I believe you're right. Almost every article with NSA in the headline that I've seen also has Snowden, or Ecuador, or Russia.
So basically, your point about the focus being drawn away from the NSA itself seems correct to me.
- dllthomas 13y agoI think Snowden and the NSA spying he brought to light are independent and very important issues, and we should try hard not to lose sight of either. The latter for reasons that I assume are obvious; the former because, as I've said elsewhere (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5953059 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5953059) whistleblowers are a very important check against abuses, and we need to protect them.
- dllthomas 13y agoLet's get together and turn some talk into action: http://www.meetup.com/Hack-Government-Bay-Area http://www.meetup.com/Hack-Government-Bay-Area