Valin Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 The Volokh Conspiracy: Stewart Baker November 27, 2013 The latest Snowden leak story is in the Huffington Post. It says that NSA thought about exposing the hypocrisy of Islamic extremist recruiters by revealing their financial greed or predatory sexual habits. Im quoted in support of considering such tactics, but the backstory of the interview may be more interesting. When one of the authors, Ryan Grim, called me for comment, he said that while Glenn Greenwald was transitioning to his new Omidyar-funded venture he was temporarily publishing his Snowden leaks with HuffPo. So when he asked for my take on the NSA story, pretty much the first words out of my mouth were, Why wouldnt we consider doing to Islamic extremists what Glenn Greenwald does routinely to Republicans? The story quotes practically everything I said to Grim except that remark, even though I returned to the point a couple of times and emphasized that it summed up my view. I dont think HuffPo cut the quote because they ran out of electrons. The article itself is so tediously long that I defy anyone to read every word in a single go. Nor because my remark was inaccurate. It turns out that Glenn Greenwald has written an entire book devoted to exposing the contradiction between Republicans ideology and their private lives.....(Snip) _______________________________________________________________________________ Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue. François de La Rochefoucauld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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