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I used to believe that while the media does make mistakes from time to time, "most" things you read in the news could be relied on.
Nothing robs you of that innocence like becoming yourself the subject of news. When they write on what you 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, errors—and lies—are clear.
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@InsiderEng Bonus points for those who notice the absolutely massive train station and shopping complex full of cameras *directly behind* these knuckleheads' "safe house," which definitely sounds like a plausible place for a hunted whistleblower to live.
Deeply embarrassed for these people.
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Today, an "anti-fake news" outlet (@InsiderEng) falsely claimed that I lived in a KGB safehouse. They even know which floor I'm on! What a scoop!
The problem? It's a lie. I don't cooperate with spies or live in a safe house, much less 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘺! 🤦
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𝙌𝙪𝙤𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙩 𝙄𝙤𝙫𝙞, 𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙞.
apnews.com/article/biden-…
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Starting to look like pattern behavior.
apnews.com/article/biden-…
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The rigid communities of belief formed today on all sides of every issue are a symbol of where we went wrong. Fractious, incurious, and all too certain. twitter.com/Reuters/status…
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Whether you're the President or a pizza guy, you take a risk by trusting your secret to another in a free society, because what is truly "secret" is established by consensus, not law. The concept is encoded in our very language: "to share a secret."
We've been made to forget.
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The truly secret was kept long before the passage of a "National Security Act"—and would be kept again after abolition—because the necessity is obvious.
If you can't rely on kindred to keep your ᴛᴏᴘ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ without the force of threats, it's not "obvious"—it's omerta. twitter.com/B_Morrows/stat…
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One way of resolving all these secret-document scandals is to acknowledge that after 75 years of experimentation, the chief accomplishment of the "classification system" has been to make our government less trustworthy and our country less free.
Abolish and reform it. All of it.
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Man, I should have thought of that one. twitter.com/Breaking911/st…
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You have to give @SubstackInc credit: they really do have all the most interesting writers. twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status…
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“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex (MIC).” — President Eisenhower
How did we do?
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We're live in half an hour. twitter.com/PleasrDAO/stat…
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Wow, even *I* handled classified documents more securely. At least I kept them encrypted!
(Via @nytimes)
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Today at 3PM ET, the legendary @DanielEllsberg and I will be having a live conversation for charity, and you're invited. You can join us at pleasr.house. twitter.com/PleasrDAO/stat…
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@elonmusk There is also, of course, Julian Assange. Most know the name, but have no idea what he really did. He has been detained or in prison since 2012. Kept under maximum-security conditions today for the "crime" of publishing true information -- despite having never been convicted.
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@elonmusk There are many other names, too. Did you know Daniel Hale is still in prison for revealing 9 out of 10 drone casualties were bystanders rather than targets? He did a remarkable and heroic thing.
When did you last hear his name on TV? It's a real problem.
theintercept.com/2021/07/27/dan…
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@elonmusk There's a selective blindness in for-profit, or for-state news. Most paid very little attention to her case, despite her receiving the widest sentence for the narrowest (most curated) disclosure.
Hard to excuse, because her mother campaigned relentlessly to make sure they knew.
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The real scandal isn't that Biden had classified documents coming out of his socks, because sadly they've all been doing it.
The scandal is that the DOJ found out about it a week prior to the midterm elections and chose to suppress the story, conferring a partisan advantage. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
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@AngryCaliLib Petraeus literally traded his for sex.
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Worth noting that the President seems to have absconded with more classified documents than many whistleblowers. For comparison, Reality Winner was sentenced to 5 YEARS for just one document.
Meanwhile Biden, Trump, Clinton, Petraeus... these guys have dozens, hundreds. No jail.
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Have you ever wanted to ask one of us a question? Here's your chance. twitter.com/PleasrDAO/stat…
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If you're not into charity NFTs, but you still want to support the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace & Democracy (@TheEIPAD), you can find out more about how to help at this link: umass.edu/ellsberg/initi…
Thank you! twitter.com/Snowden/status…
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I'm doing a special charity auction with @DanielEllsberg tomorrow @ 3pm ET. @PleasrDAO set up an amazingly slick website for it (seriously, just look!). You can watch live for free and submit questions.
Bring ETH in your hot wallet, and you can bid!
pleasr.house
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Going to be a big week. twitter.com/PleasrDAO/stat…
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