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The U.S. establishment has often struggled to explain exactly why whistle-blowers pose such an enormous threat. This is because the only threat people like Manning and Snowden pose is the undermining of Washington’s ability to act hypocritically and get away with it.
AdSeriatim · 4365 days ago · link ·
Good article - thanks for sharing! I wish the author would reference other articles when making these claims - I would love to read some more papers on this topic.A double standard on torture, a near indifference to casualties among non-American civilians, the gross expansion of the surveillance state -- none of these is crucial to the country’s well-being, and in some cases, they undermine it.