Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning, And The War On Whistleblowers

[Purveyor]

The scenario in this country at this moment in time is indeed quite chilling. We have an administration that is hell bent on pursuing leakers, moreso than at any other in our history.

We have James Risen, the New York Times reporter who first revealed a bungled CIA plot to fool Iranian scientists and has now been ordered by a federal appeals court to testify against his alleged source.

We have the court martial of former Army private first class Bradley Manning, whose judge may announce a verdict at any time.

But instead, the mainstream media has largely been sidetracked by the soap opera of Edward Snowden reprising Tom Hanks' role in "The Terminal," wandering through Moscow International Airport and subsisting on a diet of vending machine food.

Snowden's ultimate fate is, I think, far less important than the ongoing questions about the insatiable data collecting habits of the NSA and their head-on collision with our constitutional rights.

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http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/edward-snowden-bradley-manning-and-the-war-whistleblowers-223545

[Cleita]

1. Good article that asks many of the right questions

the media news actors aren't asking.

[railsback]

2. Its more like a war on dumbasses.

[woo me with science]

3. K&R

[forestpath]

4. K&R