A statement by Hong Kong online media platform ''In Media Hong Kong'' supporting Edward Snowden, a contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA), is seen alongside a petition ''Pardon Edward Snowden'' at the White House website, on a computer screen in Hong Kong in this June 12, 2013 illustration photo. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
The Press Is Misleading You About The NSA -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Pundits on the right and left are certain the government has been lying to us, repeatedly, about the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs. In fact, it’s the media that repeatedly have gotten seemingly blockbuster stories wrong.
We’ve seen the pattern now: A big story suggesting the administration is reading your e-mails. Then come the facts. Well, not really reading them. And there’s court oversight. Oh, yes, and Congress has been informed. Oh, and the NSA self-monitors.
The cycle repeats itself, apparently, each time Edward Snowden coughs up another fur ball of half-digested facts.
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My Comment: There is a reason on why The Guardian .... a British publication .... is the go-to place for NSA stories .... and not the U.S. media.
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