Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden
by mc32 on Friday February 05, 2016 @10:58AM
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Two things come to mind,
Many people are glad some things were exposed like the scope of data gathering, what many dislike is disclosing of state secrets that went along with the mostly uncurated dumps. Expose government overreach good; expose state secrets bad.
Two, the armed occupation/protest in places like Oregon has a lot more to do with disagreement over government control over grazing lands, and other natural resources many locals believe should be locally devolved, typically to enable more liberal exploitation of the resources [to the chagrin of the environmentally minded, but these are typically areas with poor economies] So these issues are completely disconnected.
Many people are glad some things were exposed like the scope of data gathering, what many dislike is disclosing of state secrets that went along with the mostly uncurated dumps. Expose government overreach good; expose state secrets bad.
Two, the armed occupation/protest in places like Oregon has a lot more to do with disagreement over government control over grazing lands, and other natural resources many locals believe should be locally devolved, typically to enable more liberal exploitation of the resources [to the chagrin of the environmentally minded, but these are typically areas with poor economies] So these issues are completely disconnected.