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It seems unfortunate to me that the Sony hack has now displaced the CIA torture report completely in the national narrative. Whether purposefully orchestrated o
by lygaret 12y ago
It seems unfortunate to me that the Sony hack has now displaced the CIA torture report completely in the national narrative. Whether purposefully orchestrated or not, it sure seems like a useful coincidence.
- mkinsella 12y agoAlso, Cuba.
- happyscrappy 12y agoAlso, Christmas.
- mikeash 12y agoFar more important IMO is the simple fact that a large number of Americans, possibly a majority, support torturing suspected terrorists and think that the only thing wrong with this whole affair was that the report was published.
- happyscrappy 12y agoDon't take what a clown like Cheney says as gospel. Many Republicans and most Democrats take these things seriously and do not want to stoop to the level of the Taliban.
- ulfw 12y agoA large number of Americans also believe the Earth is only a few thousand years old and insist their children are being taught their believes as 'facts' in schools.
- mikeash 12y agoYes, these are also serious problems, but I'm not sure what the relevance is here.
- CamperBob2 12y agoThe relevance of the GP's statement lies in three controversial-sounding assertions that are rapidly becoming irrefutable: 1) Most people are dumbasses 2) Often willfully so 3) This has troubling implications for democracy, representative or otherwise These assertions, if true, affect everything in our public and private lives, including the development and dissemination of the story at hand.
- connie_lingus 12y agoAlso, the Omnibus budget bill that was passed in the middle of the night that fed pork to every special interest who gave money to the candidates.
- ivanca 12y agoThere is absolutely nothing better than a common enemy to stick people together, just ask ISIS.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago>> "It seems unfortunate to me that the Sony hack has now displaced the CIA torture report completely in the national narrative." Unfortunate but let's be honest - nothing was ever going to be done about that report. The world is outraged, the US apologises and does nothing, and most people forget.
- click170 12y agoEdit: Deleted -- totally wrong story, the heck was I thinking...
- ZanyProgrammer 12y agoEvery topical political thread has to get derailed by conspiracy bullshit.
- throwawayaway 12y agowhat is politics but a series of conspiracies?
- ivanca 12y agoYeah, no conspiracy here. A hack in a private company is a reason good enough to start another war. I didn't know people feel so patriotic over Sony Entertainment
- ZanyProgrammer 12y agoWho the hell is talking about a war? It's the usual posturing on HN for people to Out do each other in histrionics and paranoia.
- ivanca 12y agoOk, how much do you wanna bet than in less than 6 months there is going to be a war? (probably giving the weapons to south Korea so the put the body count)
- dragonwriter 12y ago> Ok, how much do you wanna bet than in less than 6 months there is going to be a war? Be foolish to bet against that, since the US has never stopped being at war with North Korea since the 1950s. > (probably giving the weapons to south Korea so the put the body count) Given the pre-targeted artillery pointed at their capital, neither the people nor the government of South Korea are likely to get behind resuming active conflict with the North without some somewhat more substantial provocation than the SPE hack. And US encouragement -- if it were to be offered -- is unlikely to change that.
- drzaiusapelord 12y agoTo be fair, its been a busy newsweek. The ruble collapsing, Putin's ridiculous Q&A and befriending of North Korea, the Sony hack, Iran coming to the negotiation table, a few days of no deaths in Ukraine, Australian terrorist operation, UK VIP sex ring deaths, Hong Kong protestors being pushed out, etc. The torture report is just more details on what happened 10 years ago. No one is shocked or surprised. The guy in charge of all this left when the current guy took office in 2008. If we're playing nation state PR trickery games, it seems to be Russian and Chinese media outlets were really pushing the report as a way to distract from their own domestic issues, their own domestic human rights issues against their own citizens, and to continue to vilify the US as it serves them domestically to deter people from their god given rights to freedom, justice, and self-rule. Of course, to many internet commentators, Russia and China never do dirty tricks like these, only the US. Shame we can't have a more evolved view of press release timing, news cycles, etc. Its just more anti-US conspiracy theories while the rest of the world, especially dictatorial regimes, get a free pass.
- jn1234 12y agoYou rather ironically left out the most historic event this week, the US normalizing relations with Cuba. To say the news this has been a busy newsweek is an understatement.
- Intermernet 12y agoI'd just like to point out that the "Australian terrorist operation" turned out to be one person with a previous history of violence and mental instability, who has been disowned by every group he claimed some connection with. It wasn't so much a "Terrorist operation", as an act of horrible desperation by an incredibly disturbed individual. This is a perfect example of why "Terrorism" is a dangerous term. It has huge definition creep.
- madeofpalk 12y agoWell, walking past it every day on the way to work certainly gives me a bit of terror
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- EpicDavi 12y agoEverybody forgot about Ebola :(