Re:Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil
by AndrewBissell on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:26PM
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Your comment reads like Glenn Greenwald did this to steal and publish nude pics of Bolsonaro, as opposed to evidence of his improper collaboration with the judge who paved his way to the presidency by putting Lula in prison.
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Re:Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil
by jariel on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:29PM
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I wasn't speaking of Greenwald specifically.
But the problem is in your comment 'improper collaboration'.
Who decides what is 'improper' or not? I'd imagine the Republicans think almost everything Democrats do is 'improper' by some measure - can they steal and then publish information?
This is very grey and needs to be cleared up or it will be a really ugly new kind of information war.
Re:Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil
by naiveprogrammer on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:44PM
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First of all, Greenwald did not steal anything, and he is being charged because he actively engaged in covering the hackers' tracks. That is criminal in Canada, Brazil or US... I am pretty sure that had Mr Greenwald been in Canada he'd be charged by now. It is precisely why he is in Brazil. Because Brazil is a Banana Republic where the powerful and well connected can get away with most of the things unless the evidence is very clear. Greenwald has a wide net of supporters in Brazil who are very powerful, starting with the Worker's Party, the Communist Party of Brazil and so one. Not to mention his husband who is a congressman himself.