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Glenn Greenwald: Welcome to Orwell's America, Where it's Always 1984

Submitted by bobbyw24 on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 07:10

By Glenn Greenwald

A strikingly good piece of investigative journalism from Associated Press finds that accusations about the damage done by WikiLeaks' latest release are -- yet again -- wildly overstated and without any factual basis. These most recent warnings have centered on WikiLeaks' exposure of diplomatic sources whom the released cables indicated should be "strictly protected." While unable to examine all of the names in the cables, AP focused on the ones "the State Department seemed to categorize as most risky." It found that many of them are "comfortable with their names in the open and no one fearing death."

In particular, many of these super-secret sources were "already dead, their names cited as sensitive in the context of long-resolved conflicts or situations" while "some have publicly written or testified at hearings about the supposedly confidential information they provided the U.S. government." Like the Pentagon before them, even the State Department -- which has "been scouring the documents since last year to find examples where sources are exposed and inform them that they may be 'outed'" -- is unable to provide any substantiation for its shrill, public denunciations of WikiLeaks and its "dire" warnings about the "grave danger" caused by publication of these cables:

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/09/10...

1984

Submitted by pierzstyx on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 18:01. Permalink

Excellent article. Just another reason we need someone like Dr. Paul in place. We need governmental deconstruction, not ever expanding powers and wars.

As fro 1984, plenty of people still read it in high school but they never break it down and talk about all the warnings about how totalitarian governments run or compare those methods to the government today. They never apply it and never learn from it. Sad.

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PierzStyx

They never do break down the

Submitted by ebb on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 20:43. Permalink

They never do break down the causes of a totalitarian society because that would mean exposing the anti-capitalist thinking that many leftist in our public school system have. Haven't they notice the controlled economic background of these stories? I'm sure they do but they either not notice because they think that is the way the world operates anyways or they secretly wish the world was like that.

SO so well written!

Submitted by ytc on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:12. Permalink

Glenn G does a marvelous job of unveiling the modus operandi of "secrecy-obsessed government" and the D.C. cadre of "insular royal court" members.

Thanks for posting (bobbyw24) and front-paging this!

Thanks,

Submitted by jrogers3778 on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 11:08. Permalink

"1984" should be required reading for every American. Orwell was a prophet. Excellent Greenwald article.

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Jim Rogers

Odd that so many read this wonderful

Submitted by reedr3v on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 17:51. Permalink

classic and totally miss the message.

That's so true

Submitted by jrogers3778 on Fri, 09/16/2011 - 08:52. Permalink

The first time I read it was back decades ago in high school, and it blew right by me. About ten years ago, with a few nudges from a friend, I slowly woke up to what is really going on in the world. Read it again and it had a whole new meaning, I could see all it talked about happening around me.

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Jim Rogers