Andreas Whittam Smith 16.12.10: comparison of of al-qaida and anonymous "it is global, it is networked and it is decentralised", but: "Anonymous seems to lack a command structure (al-Qa'ida "central", as it is known, undoubtedly does have one)" "Mr Bobbitt didn't feel the need to explain "informational", but the WikiLeaks publications of US State Department cables and the subsequent so-called cyber war show what he had in mind. Who controls information is now a central issue... Mr Bobbitt's larger point is that the terrorism of the age always closely reflects the existing constitutional arrangements."
You Can't Opt Out 10 NSA Myths Debunked 1) NSA surveillance is legal. 2) If I’ve done nothing wrong, I have nothing to hide. So why should I care about any of this? 3) But the media says the NSA only collects my "phone metadata," so I'm safe. 5) But I trust Obama (Bush, the next president) on this. 6) But don't private companies like Facebook already have access to and share a lot of my personal data? So what's wrong with the government having it, too? 7) All this surveillance is distasteful and maybe even illegal, but isn’t it necessary to keep us safe? Isn’t it for our own good? Haven’t times changed and shouldn’t we acknowledge that? 8) Terrorists are everywhere and dangerous. 9) We've stayed safe. Doesn't that just prove all the government efforts have worked? 10) But doesn’t protecting America come first -- before anything?
By Lucy Madison / CBS News/ June 12, 2013 Snowden appeals to the libertarian right - he voted for Ron Paul. ""It's a shame that we are in an age where people who tell the truth about what the government is doing gets into trouble," he said. Ron Paul: "What about the people who destroy our Constitution?... What do we think about people who assassinate American citizens without trials and assume that that's the law of the land? That's where our problem is. Our problem isn't with people who are trying to tell us the truth about what's happening."