.@emptywheel @seanpaulkelly Short answer is that we can do more about leakers than China.
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@DrJJoyner Also, if our RIVALS know this, then the only people these secrets are being kept from are ... us.@seanpaulkelly -
@emptywheel@seanpaulkelly I'm not comfortable with idiot privates and disgruntled contractors becoming the declassification authority. -
@DrJJoyner@emptywheel@seanpaulkelly Looking at it now, Ellsberg's release looks flat-out quaint & his prosecution absurd. -
@MikeDrewWhat@emptywheel@seanpaulkelly Yes. The classification of a history report on Vietnam as Top Secret was clearly absurd. -
@DrJJoyner The classification of the very use of Section 215 to collect all call metadata is likewise absurd.@MikeDrewWhat@seanpaulkelly -
@emptywheel@DrJJoyner Is the classification of the program absurd? How do you declassify the use of the statute for the program w/o u know? -
@MikeDrewWhat I realize they don't want us to know abt it. BUt not knowing has everything to do w/consent, not efficacy.@DrJJoyner - 4 more replies
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@emptywheel I don't think that's true at all. But leaks are by their very nature public, whereas Chinese cyber-theft is done in secret. -
@abumuqawama But is it worse for the citizens who have been lied to, repeatedly, on this, to have the info, then China?
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@emptywheel National leaders share common concerns; easier to game out what they'll do vs. reax of general public -
@caribouwireless Doesn't that premise (which may be true) entirely undermine both democracy and all the claims abt secrecy? -
@emptywheel In as much as it separates government and people's interests, yes
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@emptywheel Or, say, Menards. A lot of folks are upset because the US got for free what Toys R Us and Home Depot have to pay for.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel ...b/c leakers question their authority and the enemy within is the biggest threat to their career.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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