<story><title>NSA blows its own top secret program in order to propagandize</title><url>https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/31/nsa-worlds-blows-top-secret-program/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mcphilip</author><text>There are some real gems in that LAT piece that Greenwald labels as propaganda[1]:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;What the Church and Pike committees found&amp;quot; nearly 40 years  ago was &amp;quot;that people were doing things that were wrong. That&amp;#x27;s not happening here,&amp;quot; Alexander said.&lt;p&gt;The particular definition of wrong used by Alexander would be interesting to know.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;When you&amp;#x27;re the good guy and you&amp;#x27;re on the side of truth and democracy and the American way, anything that is an impediment to you is naturally bad and needs to be overcome, even if it&amp;#x27;s the law,&amp;quot; German said.&lt;p&gt;Apparently the ability to have private communication digitally is one such annoying impediment.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Now, Russian ground commanders and Al Qaeda cell leaders are on notice that the NSA is nearly everywhere.&lt;p&gt;Those evil Russian ground commanders... One tip for the author of this piece:  Snowden leaks enabling child pornographers to avoid surveillance would be a much more effective appeal to emotion than a topical example like renewed fears of Russian aggression that risk fading from the zeitgeist soon!&lt;p&gt;[1]&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-alexander-nsa-20140331,0,3369988,full.story#vcomment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.latimes.com&amp;#x2F;nation&amp;#x2F;la-na-alexander-nsa-20140331,0...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paulannesley</author><text>I believe the “When you&amp;#x27;re the good guy …“ quote by Michael German is sarcasm, or perhaps that&amp;#x27;s the wrong word and he&amp;#x27;s speaking from the point of view of Keith Alexander.&lt;p&gt;The article says German is at the Brennan Center for Justice, a civil liberties organization, and believes that Alexander&amp;#x27;s world view &amp;quot;reflects a career in the national security bubble&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>NSA blows its own top secret program in order to propagandize</title><url>https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/31/nsa-worlds-blows-top-secret-program/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mcphilip</author><text>There are some real gems in that LAT piece that Greenwald labels as propaganda[1]:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;What the Church and Pike committees found&amp;quot; nearly 40 years  ago was &amp;quot;that people were doing things that were wrong. That&amp;#x27;s not happening here,&amp;quot; Alexander said.&lt;p&gt;The particular definition of wrong used by Alexander would be interesting to know.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;When you&amp;#x27;re the good guy and you&amp;#x27;re on the side of truth and democracy and the American way, anything that is an impediment to you is naturally bad and needs to be overcome, even if it&amp;#x27;s the law,&amp;quot; German said.&lt;p&gt;Apparently the ability to have private communication digitally is one such annoying impediment.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Now, Russian ground commanders and Al Qaeda cell leaders are on notice that the NSA is nearly everywhere.&lt;p&gt;Those evil Russian ground commanders... One tip for the author of this piece:  Snowden leaks enabling child pornographers to avoid surveillance would be a much more effective appeal to emotion than a topical example like renewed fears of Russian aggression that risk fading from the zeitgeist soon!&lt;p&gt;[1]&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-alexander-nsa-20140331,0,3369988,full.story#vcomment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.latimes.com&amp;#x2F;nation&amp;#x2F;la-na-alexander-nsa-20140331,0...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>yk</author><text>&amp;gt; The particular definition of wrong used by Alexander would be interesting to know.&lt;p&gt;Probably the definition includes, &amp;quot;found in a congressional report.&amp;quot;</text></comment>