This is a thoughtful analysis/confession by @BuzzFeedBen. I worried back when Politico and its cohort were ascending that obsessive, junky coverage wasn't good for politics or for journalism. I'm a little surprised it took others so long to see that. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bensmith/i-helped-create-insider-political-journalism-now-its-time …
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Ben has also caused me to pause and think about what national security reporters like me may have missed. Where are our blind spots? What are we doing wrong? What can we do better?
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Replying to @shaneharris
Good pieces explaining the national security architecture of the US. In the mainstream press. Unless you're an uber-nerd (say read lawfare et al), there were few ways to understand what FISA, 702 etc is before recent turmoil.
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Even during the last 702 reauth there was little coverage explaining the bigger picture. Either it was "politician X wants Y, Z wavers", or policy details, but very little explaining the actual architecture.
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How should a normal interested, but with a life, person understand that there's safeguards, but also actual weaknesses?
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