Grim Meathook Future indeed. For everyone reading the English text, keep in mind that it is from Google Translate. But I couldn't be patient either.
Thanks for helping to bring these stories to light. I sincerely hope that nothing too terrible happens as a result. There's that old Orwell quote that goes "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." But for me, I think that in a time of universal deceit, everyone becomes a whistleblower by necessity. Everyone must evaluate their existing beliefs, and see if they hold water. Best, Griffin -- Sent from a tracking device. Please excuse typocetera. On Jul 8, 2013 7:36 AM, "Jacob Appelbaum" <ja...@appelbaum.net> wrote: > Hi, > > What we're seeing in Der Spiegel, The Guardian, Washington Post and > other select publications is the birth of new threat models - not just > for activists but for all of civil society, parliamentarians, companies > and more. This is a threat model that "many have known" and yet at the > same time, there is clearly new stuff. For one - we're seeing > confirmations of things that have been denied in public - we're also > learning the names of things, which now made public, may be FOIA'ed by > name as well as pushing for disclosures. This is where we'll see if > America will shine - when the information comes out, will we be able to > use our democratic process to turn this disaster around? I'd like to > think so - that is why I worked on these pieces - hope is not lost. > Though hope alone is not a strategy. >
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