Glenn Greenwald : The Surveillance State : FBI's abuse of the surveillance state is the real scandal needing investigation
Glenn Greenwald : The Surveillance State : FBI's abuse of the surveillance state is the real scandal needing investigation The Surveillance State FBI's abuse of the surveillance state is the real scandal needing investigation That the stars of America's national security establishment are being devoured by out-of-control surveillance is a form of sweet justice By Glenn Greenwald November 13, 2012 "The Guardian" -- The Petraeus scandal is receiving intense media scrutiny obviously due to its salacious aspects, leaving one, as always, to fantasize about what a stellar press corps we would have if they devoted a tiny fraction of this energy to dissecting non-sex political scandals (this unintentionally amusing New York Times headline from this morning - "Concern Grows Over Top Military Officers' Ethics" - illustrates that point: with all the crimes committed by the US military over the last decade and long before, it's only adultery that ca...