@tweetsintheme I do think Putin sincerely support NSA surveillance though. He can use it to justify his own, which is probably much worse.
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Replying to @trevortimm
@trevortimm probably, but don't you think he'd be doing it anyway, while ignoring public opposition, as he's always done?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tweetsintheME
@tweetsintheme Sure, but "US does it" is always going to help him justify it on int'l stage, whether he'd do it anyway or not. Same w/ China5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @trevortimm
@trevortimm I agree with you about living your values on some issues, in particular on something like torture. Surveillance, I think...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tweetsintheME
@tweetsintheME Speaking of, this is my favorite piece written in the last six months about all this. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140155/henry-farrell-and-martha-finnemore/the-end-of-hypocrisy …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @trevortimm
@trevortimm a very interesting piece, though I think this discussion blurs the line (intentionally) between different types of spying.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tweetsintheME
@tweetsintheME Sure, there are degrees. US isn't stealing jet blueprints. But Clapper on what they do do is revealing http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/926-statement-by-director-of-national-intelligence-james-r-clapper-on-allegations-of-economic-espionage …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @trevortimm
@trevortimm it is interesting, but should we not collect information on issues of economic policy or stability?4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tweetsintheME
@tweetsintheME They're each spying on the things that play their advantages best. How did that bc morally weighted?@trevortimm1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel@trevortimm so should developing nations be allowed to steal IP?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@tweetsintheME Point is, moralism abt IP theft exists bc we've assigned it out of expediency. @trevortimm
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