Observation: A year ago most Dems swore all massive leaks from unknown sourcing were bad. Care to reconsider in light of Paradise Papers?
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Regardless of Party, this is a bad direction to take politics if you actually want to govern the country.https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/927542793282650113 …
I think there's absolutely a case to be made for leak reporting. That's what most great reporting is. But it'd be useful to discuss it.
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Yes, understood. — But the potentially catastrophic consequences of the misuse of another’s private data should be pretty clear by now.
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One person’s catastrophe is another’s victory. And I can smell the victory with this leak, which is a dangerous drug. I already want more.
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what matters is preventing gazillionaires from making off with basically all the money. how is it dangerous to flush this out?
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Why not just break into political opponents homes and businesses and ransack the drawers? Any psychiatric files? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worlds-most-famous-filing-cabinet-36568830/ …pic.twitter.com/crvt0VxYcK
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1. Well, that's the issue, isn't it? The US government has been breaking into Americans' (and foreign allies') electronic communications, ransacking them for data. Then Obama complained about the leaks that he can't do 'open source' diplomacy. He expected everybody else to be
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2. fair game for surveillance, just not the US government.
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