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am_Unition  ·  1256 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Revealed: leak uncovers global use of cyber-surveillance weapon

For a specific case study briefly alluded to in the article:

I was trying to figure out if the GOP's apparent adoption of Snowden and Greenwald is anti-"deep state" or pro-Russia, but eventually I realized that I was probably tugging at the same thread.

Despite my passionate disdain for the GOP, I'm not opposed to keeping state-backed surveillance in check. "But how?", is the question.

Tangent: I've also decided that Greenwald is a self-promoting prick. Still ambiguous on Snowden, but by and large, I think Edward did us all a service in the form of a wake-up call, back in the day.