Eric Schmidt: CNET gets it right on the NSA/Google issue

Re:Eric Schmidt: CNET gets it right on the NSA/Google issue by gypsobelum on Saturday June 08, 2013 @03:01PM (#5845859)

tptacek is a supporter of Obama's program of extra judicial drone executions, so it goes without saying that he dislikes Glenn Greenwald. Additionally, he feels he can make attacks on the tone and minor details of Greenwald's reporting so he comments on that, but does not comment on this story for example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5844972 where it's more difficult to discredit the messenger.

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Re:Eric Schmidt: CNET gets it right on the NSA/Google issue by aptwebapps on Sunday June 09, 2013 @01:55AM (#5847756)

How about this newer article [1], also by Ambinder, which the top post in your link links to? It seems to be speculation but it's the best reconciliation that I've seen of the leaked document and the denials of the tech companies. I also find it to be plausible, overall, if a little too trusting of the NSA's auditors and methods.

http://theweek.com/article/index/245360/solving-the-mystery-...

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Re:Eric Schmidt: CNET gets it right on the NSA/Google issue by anonyfuss on Saturday June 08, 2013 @05:37PM (#5846454)

If I read an inflammatory and disturbingly arrogant comment, in which personal opinions are presented as facts, and contrarianism is practiced as an artform, there's a near 100% chance tptacek wrote it.

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Re:Eric Schmidt: CNET gets it right on the NSA/Google issue by tptacek on Saturday June 08, 2013 @06:27PM (#5846580)

That actually sounds about right. Which is why I'm not a journalist.

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