tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post7445461401554677696..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: President Obama institutionalizes Catch-22Steven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-76003440620183524032012-11-04T20:42:31.964-05:002012-11-04T20:42:31.964-05:00Yossarian? No, we don't have much use for the...Yossarian? No, we don't have much use for the guy from the novel, who was never successful in his attempt to escape. <br /><br />We need somebody more like an Assange, the guy primarily behind the whistleblowing on diplomatic cables. The catch-22 disappears, as soon as somebody who is an employee of the NSA or DEA or FBI or DHS or some other alphabet soup agency leaks rock-solid evidence to some victim of warrantless surveillance (ongoing or not!). <br /><br />It would especially help if the victim was wealthy, famous, and politically powerful. Peter Thiel or Meg Whitman both come to mind. <br /><br />Any folks in the espionage community reading this, who happen to be patriots, and wish their essential function of spying on our foreign enemies wasn't being perverted into a police-state used for spying on our own citizens? Well, speak up then. Because we need a codename-deep-throat before we can have a modern watergate. ___j___noreply@blogger.com