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UK Prime Minister Threatens To Block Further Snowden Revelations
Bruce66423 writes "From the article: 'In a statement to MPs on Monday about last week's European summit in Brussels, where he warned of the dangers of a "lah-di-dah, airy-fairy view" about the dangers of leaks, the prime minister said his preference was to talk to newspapers rather than resort to the courts. But he said it would be difficult to avoid acting if newspapers declined to heed government advice.' So that will achieve something won't it? Don't these politicians understand that blocking publication in just the UK achieves nothing? The information is held outside the UK, and will be published there; all he's doing is showing his real colors."
Cameron is a COMPLETE idiot!
Incorrect: According to Snowden, the laptops he brought to Russia were empty. Shockingly the internet exists making physical transport of data unnecessary. He doesn't have control and probably access over the information anymore. That is why Cameron is attacking the news outlets now. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/14/snowden_decoy_laptops_russia_china/
And that's different from the far-left government-lapdog U.S. press how, exactly?
There's not much far-left anything in the US. Certainly not 'the press', unless you're counting some random blog or the communist party's paper.
Sent from my PDP-11
Why, too lazy to look it up yourself?
Here's one: NSA whistleblowers: Government spying on every single American
A full year before Edward Snowden.
I remember showing that article to some friends of mine, people who were deeply involved with government work. They laughed at me and called me paranoid and gullible. Sure sucks when the tinfoil-hat crowd is right.
"Once we've identified and embraced our sickness, we'll have strength...and that's when we get dangerous." - John Waters
Wrong Cameron. The political twat is David, the film-maker is James.
Nihil in publicum sputa.
Is the New York Times a liberal newspaper? Of course it is.
Do you disbelieve this phrase? Highlight the entire two sentences with the mouse, right-click, and select 'search'.
So you are not even pretending to hide that confirmation bias?
Let us do an experiment to demonstrate. Search for "Are aliens real? Of course they are."
How about "Is Obama a muslim? Of course he is."
Confirmation bias is a wonderful thing. You can prove anything with it!
William Binney was all over Democracy Now as well.
Seriously--
Whistleblower: The NSA Is Lying-- U.S. Government Has Copies of Most of Your Emails -- April 20, 2012
Exclusive: National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance -- April 20, 2012
More Secrets on Growing State Surveillance: Exclusive with NSA Whistleblower, Targeted Hacker -- April 23, 2012
etc. There were also numerous warnings from Assange, Appelbaum, and others outlining exactly what was going on to anyone who was listening.
Not to mention common sense should suggest to anyone familiar with US history and human nature that this was probably happening.
As seen from a scandinavian view ( or, a personal view of mine if you like), there is no left and right in American politics. You have two right wing parties, which are essentially the same, and then a few idiots who in the naming of their group - the tea party movement - are ass raping the history of the US.
But that is it. Left wing politicians? I don't see them at all.
Far left = communist.
Left = socialist.
Middle of the road = liberals, greens.
Right = Democrats, New Labour, David Cameron.
Far right = Republicans, Marine le Pen, Bashar al-Assad.
At no point have the people or organisations outed by these allegations claimed his information is fabricated; in effect they've admitted its truth, so there's no libel involved. Given that Snowden DID have access to the data and turned it over promptly, the most likely hypothesis is that it's accurate, and certainly the sight of Obama in practice admitting that the NSA had intercepted Merkel's personal phone calls gives the rest of it credibility. There is a debate to be had as to whether there has been damage to the appropriate data gathering abilities of the intelligence services; that's the argument that is being advanced by both Cameron and Alexander. However their credibility is rather shot given that they've been shown to have misled about it in the past. The Guardian has claimed that it's offered spooks the chance to comment on the material before publication, and that they have been careful to avoid the obviously damaging. Overall it is clear that there has been an abuse of power and that this has been the only way that it has been exposed to the point where something has been done about it (the NSA has stopped intercepting Merkel's phone calls). Coincidence?
However, lots of votes will at least make ignoring the call embarrassing. Even the americans are claiming to review the situation.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/51959
your government chooses to be a shill for Hitler
Though, being the president and all, he is in a position of responsibility here. And if our govt is acting like Hitler's govt, it's not too much of a stretch to say that the guy in charge can be compared to Hitler. But he didn't actually say that. However, you did call him a racist. Because yelling racist is the easiest way to win an argument...on the internet...with an anonymous coward.