| In an escalation of the propaganda war to beat back critics of the surveillance state and unconstitutional NSA spying Princeton Historian Sean Wilentz provides a 6,000+ word magnum opus of smears. With the establishment increasingly desperate to crush opposition the rhetoric is being ratcheted up to paint whistleblower Edward Snowden as a traitor and eventually those who are sympathetic as "terrorists". This piece originally appeared in The New Republic but is linked from another source so as to not provide them with the benefit of hit counts. You will probably need a shower to wash off the slime after reading this one. |
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