Letters to the Editor

The list of the governments that have persecuted journalists The Washington Post hails those reporters who face grave danger from the Taliban and the governments of Cuba, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the U.S. Glenn Greenwald [2008-11-21]

• always bitterly amusing to see...

  ...the official washington chattering-class disconnect between our ideals, as in celebrating the true defense of and adherence to first amendment principles, and our actions, in which our government operates illegal torture centers and is defended in the same editorial pages of the washington post for doing so. foolish to expect consistency, i guess...

  you're spot on about the true obama defining himself in this cascade of appointments -- no surprise that he's truly centrist, only surprising if you've not been paying attention (or busy constructing false narratives). the brennan ascension is troubling, but who are acceptable alternatives? the intelligence community has seen its work become so politicized that anyone from the outside coming in would be immediately suspicious.

  -- damaged goods
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