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Interesting. Though not a US national, I couldn't help but find it hilarious that the head of the US Intelligence Committee would in the same breath both condem
by mercurial 13y ago
Interesting. Though not a US national, I couldn't help but find it hilarious that the head of the US Intelligence Committee would in the same breath both condemn Snowden for not bringing his concerns following approved channels, and call for wholesale warrantless surveillance to be codified into law.
Same people, different location.
- ch215 13y agoAgreed. The calamity of politics never ceases to beggar belief. As concerned as I am about the surveillance revelations, I'm positively perplexed by how a 29-year-old contractor for a foreign government was allowed access to British secrets like the names of covert agents. If anyone has breached national security--it's not The Guardian who have been _relatively_ responsible--it's those who allowed such a blindingly dangerous situation to arise. So many questions, so few answers, so much for the “mother of parliaments”.
- caycep 13y agoBeing a bit cynical, I'm sure there's some gravy-train-follow-the-money-ism here. With the NSA getting the many billions of military-industrial-complex money that are suddenly threatened by these public disclosures, I suspect much of what we are seeing could be attributed to a circle-your-wagons mentality surround the treasure chests...