Edward Snowden's not the story. The fate of the internet is

[lsanderson]

Repeat after me: Edward Snowden is not the story. The story is what he has revealed about the hidden wiring of our networked world. This insight seems to have escaped most of the world's mainstream media, for reasons that escape me but would not have surprised Evelyn Waugh, whose contempt for journalists was one of his few endearing characteristics. The obvious explanations are: incorrigible ignorance; the imperative to personalise stories; or gullibility in swallowing US government spin, which brands Snowden as a spy rather than a whistleblower. Moar

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[don-fitch.livejournal.com]

What I find Seriously Amusing is that one of the chief Government accusers (Rep. Rogers, of Ohio, I think) Denounced Snowden with the words -"That information belongs to The People of America!"-. Well, yes (I say) -- and Mr. Snowden took it from the Government, which was trying to hide it from the People, and gave it to us, absolutely free. It has always belonged to us, and we now possess it. For this, he has my gratitude.

And if he gets wiped-out by a Drone, or killed in some mysterious way by CIA agents, or disappeared into one of our Secret Prisons for the rest of his life (all perfectly legal, mind you, in the nation America has become), I shall be Monumentally Pissed-Off.