tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234783319349274920.post3834861147980692944..comments2024-03-28T16:05:23.408-04:00Comments on FOLIO OLIO: THURSDAY #2851Ralph Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05079364726250352589noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234783319349274920.post-56095167720340951892016-10-13T22:02:03.022-04:002016-10-13T22:02:03.022-04:00Thank you very much.Thank you very much.Ralph Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079364726250352589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234783319349274920.post-70262258993378062562016-10-13T12:26:19.272-04:002016-10-13T12:26:19.272-04:00I just finished reading the book The Snowden Files...I just finished reading the book The Snowden Files. It is probably a bit pro-Snowden, but it is a great read because there is so much SHIT that it can't fit in newspaper articles. I highly recommend it. Related to your post, he first went to writers for the Guardian, who actually worked with the white house and the british government BEFORE publishing to ensure they weren't putting any people in danger. This is in contrast to the Julien Assange leaks. To date, only a tiiiiiiny fraction of what Snowden took has been leaked, and only through the newspapers he wanted to leak it through, and only after those papers "cleared" the documents with the governments. The governments were NOT happy about it, but in America freedom of the press meant the white house couldn't stop it, especially when they had no legit safety concerns with the documents being leaked. The brits, on the other hand, literally smashed the guardian's computers out of security concerns (Russians). But if the brits had wanted to, they could have halted all publishing in their country with an injunction, since they don't have robust freedom of press laws. I would suggest this book because it details what NSA documents were exposed, and there is a consensus that those documents do not put America at risk. They are just embarrassing and show just how far the NSA invaded into our privacy, backdoored into companies and software, and invaded the privacy of people around the globe. Oninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234783319349274920.post-19208353572013335362016-10-13T09:35:07.729-04:002016-10-13T09:35:07.729-04:00Do you have any idea how long I stared at the thir...Do you have any idea how long I stared at the third motorized wooden sculpture, waiting for it to move?<br /><br />The translation reads:<br /><br />Nazi execution photographed for your files.<br /><br />That we as a species are capable of doing that to one another doesn't surprise me. What makes me grieve for us is that there are those that deny and/or justify that is was done to begin with.<br /><br />psmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com