No, the fact that Snowden & co were driven by right-wing motives does not affect importance of NSA abuse revelations http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116253/edward-snowden-glenn-greenwald-julian-assange-what-they-believe …
@DougSaunders perhaps, but I rather doubt any serious leashing of the NSA (and other agencies) is in the offing. Few of us seem to care.
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@asteris It's a cyclical thing in US intel: regulation, crisis, laxity, excess, exposure, regulation. Repeat. We're at end of that wave now. -
@DougSaunders that can be said of all state processes. Trouble is, there are diminishing returns in actual accountability in every cycle -
@asteris Arguably, the US had an easier time reigning in its intel agencies in "sole superpower" age. Less political motive now...
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