Chuck Grimes wrote:
>> I am not really sure what to say or think. None of what Juan Cole wrote in  
>> his summary or anything that Edward Snowden said in this interview with Glen 
>> Greenwald is news.<<

raghu wrote:
> I am puzzled about this one too. I had long taken it for granted that the NSA 
> routines snoops on everything on Google, Facebook etc and definitely monitors 
> all phone conversations and emails. Why is anyone surprised by any of this?<

1) there are some people on pen-l who still think that Obama is the cat's meow.

2) this may be a revelation to liberals, while it's always good when a
major section of society is driven to be more critical of the power
elite.

3) isn't it nice that leftist preconceptions are validated by the
mainstream press?
-- 
Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your
own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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