John Cassidy> Demonizing Edward Snowden: Which Side Are You On?
The government is desperate to not deal with the actual exposures, the content of the disclosures. Because they do reveal a vast, systemic, institutionalized, industrial-scale Leviathan surveillance state that has clearly gone far beyond the original mandate to deal with terrorism—far beyond.  —Thomas Drake ◊ POSTED BY JOHN CASSIDY  JUNE 24, 2013  The New Yorker ◊ As I write More