Comments on: Petraeus scandal: This is the national-security establishment turning the surveillance apparatus on itself http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 19:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mesocosm http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html#comment-1582380 mesocosm Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193994#comment-1582380 I think it's simply another illustration of the principle that people with power are in a position to challenge the curtailment of their rights. When the target is a general, suddenly people care. Take Watergate, for example. Big national scandal! But the only thing new about the Watergate burglary was that the target was Democrats, not black community organizers or anti-war groups. The CIA and FBI had been running COINTELPRO and MKULTRA for more than a decade before Watergate. I think it’s simply another illustration of the principle that people with power are in a position to challenge the curtailment of their rights. When the target is a general, suddenly people care.

Take Watergate, for example. Big national scandal! But the only thing new about the Watergate burglary was that the target was Democrats, not black community organizers or anti-war groups.

The CIA and FBI had been running COINTELPRO and MKULTRA for more than a decade before Watergate.

]]> By: Maj Variola http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html#comment-1582296 Maj Variola Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193994#comment-1582296 Well at least Julian is getting a chuckle in the embassy. Well at least Julian is getting a chuckle in the embassy.

]]> By: Melinda9 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html#comment-1582269 Melinda9 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193994#comment-1582269  The press doesn't exist to reflect the wishes of the people. If now it's suddenly okay to write about the loss of privacy protection then something is still wrong.  The press doesn’t exist to reflect the wishes of the people. If now it’s suddenly okay to write about the loss of privacy protection then something is still wrong.

]]> By: Tynam http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html#comment-1582184 Tynam Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193994#comment-1582184 I love this idea far too much to believe it's remotely true. I love this idea far too much to believe it’s remotely true.

]]> By: acerplatanoides http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html#comment-1582019 acerplatanoides Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193994#comment-1582019 Don't call it a mandate. Not that you did. I just wonder if the press is reflecting the wishes of the people, as shown by the election, just a little bit more this week than last? The conservatives lost a lot, maybe this is the AP showing that by returning to some pre-9/11 standards? Don’t call it a mandate. Not that you did. I just wonder if the press is reflecting the wishes of the people, as shown by the election, just a little bit more this week than last? The conservatives lost a lot, maybe this is the AP showing that by returning to some pre-9/11 standards?

]]> By: Gendun http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html#comment-1581899 Gendun Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193994#comment-1581899 My schadenfreude in seeing the director of the CIA taken down by the tattered privacy protections his agency helped to dismantle is counterbalanced by my irritation that this is what it takes for the AP to start writing articles with titles like "How easy is it for law enforcement to read your emails?" Suddenly they give a shit, right? My schadenfreude in seeing the director of the CIA taken down by the tattered privacy protections his agency helped to dismantle is counterbalanced by my irritation that this is what it takes for the AP to start writing articles with titles like “How easy is it for law enforcement to read your emails?”

Suddenly they give a shit, right?

]]> By: novium http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html#comment-1581883 novium Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193994#comment-1581883 The NSA? The NSA?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html#comment-1581859 Brainspore Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193994#comment-1581859 Oh man, please don't let this end with that stupid squid monster. Oh man, please don’t let this end with that stupid squid monster.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html#comment-1581853 SomeGuyNamedMark Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193994#comment-1581853 So who is reading the FBI's email? So who is reading the FBI’s email?

]]> By: OldBrownSquirrel http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/petraeus-scandal-this-is-the.html#comment-1581782 OldBrownSquirrel Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193994#comment-1581782 quis custodiet ipsos custodes? quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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