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Snowden Joins Daniel Ellsberg On Board of Freedom of the Press Foundation
sunbird writes "Edward Snowden is joining the board of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a nonprofit committed to defending public-interest journalism which exposes law-breaking in government. Co-founder Glenn Greenwald said, 'We began this organization to protect and support those who are being punished for bringing transparency to the world's most powerful factions or otherwise dissent from government policy. Edward Snowden is a perfect example of our group's purpose, as he's being persecuted for his heroic whistleblowing, and it is very fitting that he can now work alongside us in defense of press freedom, accountability, and the public’s right-to-know.' The foundation is presently raising money and awareness for a variety of open-source encryption tools. Please consider donating to my favorite: the LEAP Encryption Access Project."
I wonder how he will remain on the board once the feds finally get their hands on him. He's a marked man. Daniel Ellsberg avoided going to prison on a technicality, because of the government's gross misconduct and illegal evidence gathering. I don't think Edward Snowden will be so lucky when his rendition is finally carried out.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
I wonder how he will remain on the board once the feds finally get their hands on him
As an American, I can't help but feel so ashamed of the country that I love so much.
The United States of America is fast becoming the United States of Fascists.
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
which exposes law-breaking in government.
Yeah, we all know it's rife with illegal crap, but the mainstream media remains silent. They're your biggest enemies.
One can only hope that the severely slanted aren't able to maintain control as media migrates online. However, being that I have many times witnessed such "news" sites as ABC, removing all counter view points even if not demeaning or trolling from their comment sections -- Including posts that simply link to information proving the article or segment wrong, esp. suspect is the the 20/20 "investigative" segments, which now only serve to further political and corporate interests.
With DRM on the track to inclusion in HTML5, the anti-open-source messages are already appearing -- Ireland, come on now, that's just too blatant even for you. The FBI dropping Law Enforcement and donning the cloak of secrecy in "national security" instead is all more evidence of the world's current anti-openness, and zero-accountability trend. You've got to realize the front you're fighting is on all sides, or you'll be flanked.
Best of luck, but I've been watching this show for decades, I know how it ends. There's always been votes controlled through Gerrymandering and if not then blatant vote counting manipulation. Over a hundred years the US government has been explicitly creating and condoning illegal government programs, and thus disinformation and lying to the public -- These are the politicians real jobs, to cast the will of the government as good for you... I'm a scientist, where's the proof it's good for me? Where's the experimental evidence for these bills virtues? There is none, it's asinine, but it's not like anyone really cares about goodness or integrity.
The US government serves to "Protect America" -- but they do not consider We The People important, only the international "American" Corporate interests must be preserved. When they say "security" it means socio-economic and political control to maintain the status quo and enrich corporations. 58% of congress are global warming denialists for the same reason there were no WMDs, and for the same reason the FBI and NSA keep such close watch on civil-rights activists, privacy-rights activists, women's rights activists, and all anti-war activist organizations -- and now with PRISM all people.
The government has tasked itself with "protecting" the "security" of "America" (see above definitions), and will craft laws to allow their "legal" continuation of this corrupt practice whether in the best interest of the citizens they farm or not. Jim Crow was a law. What the fuck does "law-abiding" or "law-breaking" have to do with Justice and Integrity? Rosa Parks went to jail for sitting at the front of the bus. Fuck "law-breaking in government" -- That's a wild goose chase, otherwise big corps would have to pay taxes. Prove there's even a legitimate government in place first, then you can try holding it accountable. You're barking up the wrong tree. Expose the injustice in Banking, Wall Street, ISPs, Media, Government Contractors, and other such corporations. Then the fur will really fly. Otherwise you're just pissing into the wind: Impeach one stooge and you get another from the queue. This has all happened before, and it will all happen again.
Firemen douse the source of the fire, not the flames themselves.
Why is this not being promoted more? Encrypted, secure, decentralised, block-resistant IM software. It works. A few minor bugs here and there, it's in need of some refinement, but it's the best tool we have for that niche right now.
Declared a terrorist orginazation in three ... two ... one
What the NSA (along with compliant and complicit 2nd and 3rd parties) ha[s/ve] done was very wrong, though for anyone with the most basic understanding of technology, bureaucracy, and politics it has not been surprising.
What Snowden has done is also wrong. He is a rightly accused traitor. A hero works inside the framework of civilization and the law until he has no other choice then the hero stands by the consequences of his actions knowing he traded his freedom/ life for the common man, Snowden did none of this.
The FPF has lost a supporter in me with this action.
This shit has been going on long before Snowden and his self centered ego trip of thinking he has done "good"?
Feeling a little cock challenged? Cheer up, there's a new shirt in the mail for you.
It was the gov't who gave them permission from both administrations. Snowden broke the law, regardless of what he uncovered. Let that man hang.
Putin is just standing up to the US to not look weak against the evil capitalist, this has nothing to do with Freedom at all.
Edward Snowden is a government spook.
His mission was to convince the general public and other governments that the NSA has more capabilities than they actually do.
CNN keeps mum when there have been other NSA leaks, and other whistle blowers were mostly silenced. But not Snowden. CNN talked about him non-stop, and he is still free, and now they are even talking about clemancy
It seems kind of strange that a site which is collecting donations to fund secure software projects would require the use of JavaScript to donate. http://imgur.com/Ri5PB7r
"News sites" such as ABC are bad, but they're still about three orders of magnitude better than the ultra-partisan blogs that are, so far, the only "new media" manifestation that threatens to replace them. Given a choice between a corrupt, biased media (i.e. the kind we've always had) and a media that doesn't even pretend to believe in objective reality - I'll take the devil I know, thanks.
And you're absolutely right about the priorities of politicians, but you haven't gone into the why. Politicians, believe it or not, are mostly decent people. They go into politics to do good. The fact that they almost invariably fail is not because they're evil, it's because they get captured by The System.
The System is the way the economy is structured. I, for instance, would like to retire someday. To that end, I have a pension fund that's invested in various parts of various economies. If those all come crashing down, I am well and truly screwed. That situation is true for the great majority of American workers. Ergo, the politicians cannot afford to do anything that *might* cause that to happen - such as pulling the plug on corporate welfare or holding CEOs or banks to account.
There is actually a cure for this, and I've been plugging it for years now: what's usually called "Basic Income", where the government just gives everyone a paycheck for breathing. Then my pension fund could go fuck itself.